1
: of or relating to the interior of a country
2
chiefly British
: not foreign : domestic
: the interior part of a country
: into or toward the interior
Examples of inland in a Sentence
Adverb
They traveled inland from the sea.
They live inland about three miles.
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Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
The dramatic, widespread coverage of floodwater over inland areas has almost turned coastal areas into islands.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Caregiver Amanda Normand begged the 71-year-old widower to stay with her inland, but there had been many evacuation warnings over the years as hurricanes neared his Indian Rocks Beach home — the storm surge never got more than knee-high.
—David Fischer and Terry Spencer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Enter Forward Blue, the grassroots political action committee (PAC) Austin launched from his mom’s house in Somers Point, a Southern New Jersey enclave just inland from the shore.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
Shepherd said in her experience, the showy Spencer varieties can struggle in hot inland areas, but other varieties flourish even in high-temp spots like Bakersfield.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
The dramatic, widespread coverage of floodwater over inland areas has almost turned coastal areas into islands.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
Flood Threats for 4 States Further inland, NWS meteorologists issued flood watches for southeastern New Mexico and western Texas.
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Caregiver Amanda Normand begged the 71-year-old widower to stay with her inland, but there had been many evacuation warnings over the years as hurricanes neared his Indian Rocks Beach home — the storm surge never got more than knee-high.
—David Fischer and Terry Spencer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
Adverb
The road turned inland and ran through the shade of a valley in the hills.
—Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Enter Forward Blue, the grassroots political action committee (PAC) Austin launched from his mom’s house in Somers Point, a Southern New Jersey enclave just inland from the shore.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Inland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inland. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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inland
1 of 3 adjective
in·land
ˈin-ˌland 
-lənd
: of or relating to the part of a country away from the coast or boundaries
inland
2 of 3 noun
: the part of a country away from the coast or boundaries : interior
inlander
noun
-ˌlan-dər
-lən-
inland
3 of 3 adverb
: into or toward the area away from a coast
traveled inland
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