Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Latin preposition and adverb, meaning ‘within,’ used in some phrases occasionally met in English.
  • noun A prefix in many words from the Latin, meaning ‘within.’ In the following etymologies it is treated much like inter-.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • A prefix signifying in, within, interior

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  • prefix a prefix signifying inside, within, interior, during

Etymologies

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From Latin intra ("within")

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Examples

  • Citigroup strategists said they see little relative value in five-year Spanish bonds on either an intra- or inter-market basis, but expect the auction to benefit from continued short covering and the usual domestic sponsorship.

    As Portugal Sells Debt, Spanish Test Awaits Emese Bartha 2011

  • Supply-side measures, improved energy efficiency, commodity-price stabilization mechanisms and greater intra- and interregional cooperation to ensure sufficient trade in food and energy and effective commodity market regulation would also help, it said.

    ADB Says Inflation in Asia Could Accelerate Natasha Brereton-Fukui 2011

  • He had hoped to make such a commitment at the annual Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Honolulu next weekend, but is facing intra- and inter-party dissension on the issue.

    Noda's Plan Could Save Japan George Melloan 2011

  • The prefix means among or between, whereas intra- means within.

    Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002

  • The prefix means among or between, whereas intra- means within.

    Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002

  • The partnership, as the mechanism for developing intra- and interorganizational trust, becomes a learning organism reaching for ever higher overall organizational performance.

    KEY ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING NOEL CAPON 2001

  • Perhaps the most valuable Internet-based tool is e-mail, both the ability to copy and forward all messages directed to, and received from, the key account and continuously log all inter- and intra- organizational communications.

    KEY ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING NOEL CAPON 2001

  • The partnership, as the mechanism for developing intra- and interorganizational trust, becomes a learning organism reaching for ever higher overall organizational performance.

    KEY ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING NOEL CAPON 2001

  • Perhaps the most valuable Internet-based tool is e-mail, both the ability to copy and forward all messages directed to, and received from, the key account and continuously log all inter- and intra- organizational communications.

    KEY ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING NOEL CAPON 2001

  • The covers of science “fiction” and “fantasy” novels—and abstract and surrealistic paintings—are replete with the ripe colors and exquisite forms of the intra- and extrastellar planets.

    Songs of the Arcturians Patricia L. Pereira 1996

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