external

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   On or coming from the outside of something.

   The building's external walls are made of brick.

2. 2
   adj

   Coming from outside a group, company, or organization.

   The company hired an external consultant to review its accounts.

3. 3
   adj

   Relating to other countries; foreign.

   The minister is responsible for the country's external trade.

4. 4
   noun

   The outward appearance or surface features of something.

   We admired the solemn externals of the ceremony.

From Late Middle English, from Medieval Latin externus (“outward, external”), from exter/exterus (“on the outside, outward”).

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