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interior adj. 1 inside, internal, inner, inward: The interior surfaces
are to be painted white. 2 internal, domestic, civil, national,
local, home: We will not accept the interference of foreign
governments in our interior affairs. 3 inner, private, intimate,
personal, individual, secret, hidden, veiled: Some of Hamlet's
great speeches are in the form of interior monologues, or
soliloquies. 4 upland, inland, up-country, land-locked: The
most beautiful scenery is in the interior part of the country,
away from the marshy coast.
--n. 5 inside: The interior is coated with Teflon. 6 heart,
centre, middle, core, depths: This is the story of a journey to
the interior of the earth. 7 uplands, up-country, heartland,
hinterland: The interior is covered with rocks and scrub pine.
interjection
n. exclamation, ejaculation, cry, interpolation, utterance:
Grammarians regard expressions like 'Hello' and 'Goodbye' as
interjections.
interlude n. interval, entr'acte, intermission, pause, stop, stoppage,
respite, interruption, break, hiatus, lacuna, gap, halt, wait,
breathing-space, recess, rest, spell, lull, Colloq let-up:
There is a ten-minute interlude between the acts.
intermediary
n. go-between, middleman, agent, representative, broker,
intermediate, third party, mediator, arbitrator, arbiter,
referee, umpire, judge: Donaldson acted as intermediary and
arranged the deal.
intermediate
adj. 1 middle, in-between, medial, midway, halfway,
transitional, intervening, intermediary: Middle schools cater
for the age-range intermediate between primary and secondary
schooling. In sublimation a substance changes from a gas to a
solid (or vice versa ) , skipping the intermediate liquid state.
2 See intermediary.
intermission
n. See interlude.