intermural vs intramural vs extramural :

intermural or intramural or extramural

“Intramural” means literally “within the walls” and refers to activities that take place entirely within an institution. When at Macbeth State University the Glamis Hall soccer team plays against the one from Dunsinane Hall, that’s an intramural game. But when MSU’s Fighting Scots travel to go up against Cawdor U. in the Porter’s Bowl, the game is “extramural” (“outside the walls”)—though the perfectly correct “intercollegiate” is more often used instead). “Intermural,” a rare word that means “between the walls,”is constantly both said and written when “intramural” is meant.

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Definitions

  • s  between two or more institutions etc
    an intermural track meet

  • a  carried on within the bounds of an institution or community
    most of the students participated actively in the college's intramural sports program

  • a  carried on outside the bounds of an institution or community
    extramural sports
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    June 18, 2013 - Broward-Palm Beach New Times
  • Recreational Sport Study Abroad group returns from Costa Rica
    The WKU Department of Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport alongside the Intramural/Recreational Sports Department recently returned from a Study Abroad trip down to Costa Rica.
    June 17, 2013 - College Heights Herald
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