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# internally

«internally» in Mova's school dictionary: **inside something, such as inside the body, a building or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (internally)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Internally means inside something, such as inside the body, a building or a machine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/internally/#m1)

2) Internally means within an organisation or group, not involving people outside it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/internally/#m2)

3) Internally can also mean in your mind, without saying it out loud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/internally/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science and health, «bleeding internally» means bleeding inside the body, which is very serious; medicine «not to be taken internally» must not be swallowed. In everyday life a school may advertise a job internally, only to its own staff. Phrases: bleed internally, not to be taken internally, dealt with internally.

### examples

- The engine is cooled internally by water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/internally/#x1)
- This cream is not to be taken internally — don't swallow it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/internally/#x2)
- After the crash, the doctors checked if he was bleeding internally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/internally/#x3)
- The school dealt with the problem internally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/internally/#x4)
- The job was advertised internally first. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/internally/#x5)
- Plants move water internally through their stems. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/internally/#x6)
- She smiled, but internally she was nervous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/internally/#x7)
- He consulted many doctors far and near, and took all kinds of medicines both internally and externally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/internally/#x8)

### note

Adverb from «internal» (inside). The opposite is «externally» (outside). On medicine labels, «for external use only» means put it on the skin, never swallow — a key safety rule.

### In the corpora

- ["Internally displaced person" means someone forced from home who is still inside their own country.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/24-government-spin/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «internally» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/internally/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.