External
Adjective
UK
/ɪkˈstɜː.nəl/
US
/ɪkˈstɝː.nəl/
Definition
On or from the outside.
Example
"The external walls of the house need painting."
"The company hired an external consultant to solve its problems."
"The doctor said the patient had only external injuries, not serious internal ones."
Explanation
External means outside or outer, not inside. For example, the external walls of a house are the outside walls. It is used to describe things on the outside part of an object, person, or place. In business, “external” can mean connected to outside organisations or people, not from within the company. In medicine, external injuries are those visible on the outside of the body. As a noun (rare), it means the outer surface of something. The word helps describe outside appearance, relationships, or influences.