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inner

adjective

situated within or farther within; interior: an inner door.
more intimate, private, or secret: the inner workings of the organization.
of or relating to the mind or spirit; mental; spiritual: the inner life.
not obvious; hidden or obscure: an inner meaning.
noting or relating to an aspect of a person’s mind or personality that has not been fully discovered, revealed, or expressed: a place where anyone can find their inner artist regardless of skill level.

adjective (prenominal)

being or located further insidean inner room
happening or occurring insideinner movement
relating to the soul, mind, spirit, etcinner feelings
more profound or obscure; less apparentthe inner meaning
exclusive or privateinner regions of the party
chem (of a compound) having a cyclic structure formed or apparently formed by reaction of one functional group in a molecule with another group in the same moleculean inner ester

noun

Also called: red archery
1. the red innermost ring on a target
2. a shot which hits this ring

adj.

c.1400, from Old English inra, comp. of inne (adv.) “inside” (see in). Cf. Old High German innaro, German inner. An unusual evolution for a comparative, it has not been used with than since Middle English. Inner tube in the pneumatic tire sense is from 1894. Inner city, in reference to poverty and crime, is attested from 1968.