Inland
adverb
Away from the coast or border and toward the middle part of a country.
From the beach, we traveled inland to explore the forest.
Often appears as...
- travel inland
- move inland
adjective
Located in the middle part of a country, not near the coast or border.
The inland areas of Australia are largely desert.
Often appears as...
- inland area
- inland region
noun
The parts of a country that are not near the coast.
The quiet beauty of the Australian inland is not to be missed.
Often appears as...
- australian inland
- quiet inland
adverb
Away from the coast or border and toward the middle part of a country.
From the beach, we traveled inland to explore the forest.
Often appears as...
- travel inland
- move inland
adjective
Located in the middle part of a country, not near the coast or border.
The inland areas of Australia are largely desert.
Often appears as...
- inland area
- inland region
noun
The parts of a country that are not near the coast.
The quiet beauty of the Australian inland is not to be missed.
Often appears as...
- australian inland
- quiet inland
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Metaphorical Use
The word can symbolize moving from external to deeper personal issues.
The conversation went inland, touching more private matters.
Pro Tip 2/2Directional Shift
It signifies a change from an outward focus to a more central one.
The team's strategy shifted inland to focus on core strengths.
Compare with
centrumcontinentaldomesticheartlandhinterlandinteriorrural
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Jonathan Foley: The...
one of the great inland seas of the world. But there's kind of a paradox here, because it looks like it's surrounded by desert. Why is this sea here? The reason it's here is because, on the right-hand side, you see two little rivers kind of coming down through the sand, feeding this basin with water.
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Light Pollution 101 PIPE...
Wildlife, particularly sea turtles, have had their nocturnal patterns disrupted. The turtle hatchling's instinct to follow the light of the moon in order to reach the sea is intercepted by the light of inland cities. Because of this, many never find their way to the ocean.
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What’s so great about...
protect coastal habitats, and halt the spread of invasive species. Protecting something as massive as the Great Lakes system will require the collaboration of many organizations, but the effort is critical if we can preserve the wonder of this flowing inland sea.
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The game-changing...
Because of this evolved egg, the amniotes are the first animals with the ability to live a fully terrestrial life. But, despite their move inland, the amniotes have not abandoned their pond-dwelling upbringing. In fact, the amniotic egg brings the pond with them
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The Atlantic slave...
Many inland Africans had never seen whites before, and thought them to be cannibals, constantly taking people away and returning for more. Afraid of being eaten, or just to avoid further suffering, they committed suicide or starved themselves,
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Jewel of Namibia PIPE Nat...
and it stretches inland as a life enhancing blanket across the desert and fog is what keeps these remarkable plants alive it hardly ever rains where they occur on the coastal gravel plains they are well reaches and they look like
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Where will you be able...
and the government has repeatedly delayed projects to build concrete embankments that would prevent further erosion. In other parts of the world, people couldn’t move inland even if they wanted to.
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Killer Tsunamis PIPE...
advances like a wall of water that crashes over the coastline and everything in its way reaching even as far as a mind inland more damage is caused when the wave recedes dragging everything in it
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How to Fix a Leaky...
To make sure my survives this journey, I need to fix those cracks. And that means heading inland in search of a rare tree. The interior of the island is so mountainous
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Hippos Can’t Swim? PIPE...
kalahari desert and its main arteries begin to slow its rich sediments settle and form the largest inland delta in the world
Video examples
Jonathan Foley: The...
one of the great inland seas of the world. But there's kind of a paradox here, because it looks like it's surrounded by desert. Why is this sea here? The reason it's here is because, on the right-hand side, you see two little rivers kind of coming down through the sand, feeding this basin with water.
Video examples
Light Pollution 101 PIPE...
Wildlife, particularly sea turtles, have had their nocturnal patterns disrupted. The turtle hatchling's instinct to follow the light of the moon in order to reach the sea is intercepted by the light of inland cities. Because of this, many never find their way to the ocean.
Video examples
What’s so great about...
protect coastal habitats, and halt the spread of invasive species. Protecting something as massive as the Great Lakes system will require the collaboration of many organizations, but the effort is critical if we can preserve the wonder of this flowing inland sea.
Video examples
The game-changing...
Because of this evolved egg, the amniotes are the first animals with the ability to live a fully terrestrial life. But, despite their move inland, the amniotes have not abandoned their pond-dwelling upbringing. In fact, the amniotic egg brings the pond with them
Video examples
The Atlantic slave...
Many inland Africans had never seen whites before, and thought them to be cannibals, constantly taking people away and returning for more. Afraid of being eaten, or just to avoid further suffering, they committed suicide or starved themselves,
Video examples
Jewel of Namibia PIPE Nat...
and it stretches inland as a life enhancing blanket across the desert and fog is what keeps these remarkable plants alive it hardly ever rains where they occur on the coastal gravel plains they are well reaches and they look like
Video examples
Where will you be able...
and the government has repeatedly delayed projects to build concrete embankments that would prevent further erosion. In other parts of the world, people couldn’t move inland even if they wanted to.
Video examples
Killer Tsunamis PIPE...
advances like a wall of water that crashes over the coastline and everything in its way reaching even as far as a mind inland more damage is caused when the wave recedes dragging everything in it
Video examples
How to Fix a Leaky...
To make sure my survives this journey, I need to fix those cracks. And that means heading inland in search of a rare tree. The interior of the island is so mountainous
Video examples
Hippos Can’t Swim? PIPE...
kalahari desert and its main arteries begin to slow its rich sediments settle and form the largest inland delta in the world
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Samin Nosrat
American Chef
My students regularly spend 20 hours or more in the kitchen with me. I try to teach them that even the most well-written recipe for, say, gazpacho can never take into account the ways in which a tomato that's lapped each morning and evening by coastal fog will taste completely different from one grown in a hot, inland valley.
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Kurt Student
German General
For fear of dropping the troops in the sea, the pilots tended to drop them too far inland - some of them actually in the British lines. The weapon containers often fell wide of the troops, which was another handicap that contributed to our excessive casualties.
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Adrian Dunbar
Irish Actor
I try and speak out on things that affect where I live in London, and at home in Enniskillen. For instance, I am very keen we get our bypass - the town is completely clogged with traffic and it's one of the most beautiful inland towns in Ireland.
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Douglas Brinkley
American Author
Administration policies seem to tacitly encourage those who live below sea level in New Orleans to relocate permanently, to leave the dangerous water's edge for more prosperous inland cities such as Shreveport or Baton Rouge.
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Brian Deese
The Everglades are flat, and they border a rising ocean. As the sea levels rise, the shorelines erode, and that salty water travels inland, threatening the aquifers supplying fresh drinking water to Floridians.
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Zhang Zhidong
Chinese Politician
The navigation of our inland waters has for years been sought in vain by foreign countries, and if we grant the privilege to Russia, other States will be guided in their demands by her example.
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Ian Frazier
American Writer
Once, America's size in the imagination was limitless. After Europeans settled and changed it, working from the coasts inland, its size in the imagination shrank.
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Adrian Tomine
American Cartoonist
All my stories take place on the West Coast - not the beach, but smaller inland towns. I feel homesick, and I find inspiration in capturing that.
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Christina Anstead
American Celebrity
It's fun to see the house-hunting process, and what gets you a house on the water versus inland.
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Ry Cooder
American Musician
The ocean is very comfortable. I could never live inland.
Quote examples
Samin Nosrat
American Chef
My students regularly spend 20 hours or more in the kitchen with me. I try to teach them that even the most well-written recipe for, say, gazpacho can never take into account the ways in which a tomato that's lapped each morning and evening by coastal fog will taste completely different from one grown in a hot, inland valley.
Quote examples
Kurt Student
German General
For fear of dropping the troops in the sea, the pilots tended to drop them too far inland - some of them actually in the British lines. The weapon containers often fell wide of the troops, which was another handicap that contributed to our excessive casualties.
Quote examples
Adrian Dunbar
Irish Actor
I try and speak out on things that affect where I live in London, and at home in Enniskillen. For instance, I am very keen we get our bypass - the town is completely clogged with traffic and it's one of the most beautiful inland towns in Ireland.
Quote examples
Douglas Brinkley
American Author
Administration policies seem to tacitly encourage those who live below sea level in New Orleans to relocate permanently, to leave the dangerous water's edge for more prosperous inland cities such as Shreveport or Baton Rouge.
Quote examples
Brian Deese
The Everglades are flat, and they border a rising ocean. As the sea levels rise, the shorelines erode, and that salty water travels inland, threatening the aquifers supplying fresh drinking water to Floridians.
Quote examples
Zhang Zhidong
Chinese Politician
The navigation of our inland waters has for years been sought in vain by foreign countries, and if we grant the privilege to Russia, other States will be guided in their demands by her example.
Quote examples
Ian Frazier
American Writer
Once, America's size in the imagination was limitless. After Europeans settled and changed it, working from the coasts inland, its size in the imagination shrank.
Quote examples
Adrian Tomine
American Cartoonist
All my stories take place on the West Coast - not the beach, but smaller inland towns. I feel homesick, and I find inspiration in capturing that.
Quote examples
Christina Anstead
American Celebrity
It's fun to see the house-hunting process, and what gets you a house on the water versus inland.
Quote examples
Ry Cooder
American Musician
The ocean is very comfortable. I could never live inland.
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