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- [in-truh-myoo r-uh l]
- /ˌɪn trəˈmyʊər əl/
- /ˌɪn.trəˈmjʊə.rəl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [in-truh-myoo r-uh l]
- /ˌɪn trəˈmyʊər əl/
Definitions of intramural word
- adjective intramural involving only students at the same school or college: intramural athletics. 1
- adjective intramural within the walls, boundaries, or enclosing units, as of a city, institution, or building. Compare extramural. 1
- adjective intramural Anatomy. being within the substance of a wall, as of an organ. 1
- adjective intramural involving or understood only by members of a single group, profession, etc.: an intramural medical conference. 1
- noun intramural Situated or done within the walls of a building. 1
- adjective intramural within an organization 1
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Origin of intramural
First appearance:
before 1840 One of the 33% newest English words
First recorded in 1840-50; intra- + mural
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Parts of speech for Intramural
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
intramural popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
intramural usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for intramural
adj intramural
- national — of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.
- internal — situated or existing in the interior of something; interior.
- indigenous — originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native (often followed by to): the plants indigenous to Canada; the indigenous peoples of southern Africa.
- intestine — Usually, intestines. the lower part of the alimentary canal, extending from the pylorus to the anus.
- native — being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land.
adjective intramural
- college — A college is an institution where students study after they have left school.
- school — a large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together.
- centralised — to draw to or gather about a center.
- enclosed — Surround or close off on all sides.
Antonyms for intramural
adj intramural
- industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- alien — Alien means belonging to a different country, race, or group, usually one you do not like or are frightened of.
- business — Business is work relating to the production, buying, and selling of goods or services.
- office — Microsoft Office
- foreign — of, relating to, or derived from another country or nation; not native: foreign cars.
adjective intramural
- extramural — Outside the walls or boundaries of a town, college, or institution.
- exterior — Forming, situated on, or relating to the outside of something.
- external — Belonging to or forming the outer surface or structure of something.
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