EGAVE

intern

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Meaning

  1. noun A person who is interned, forcibly or voluntarily.
  2. verb To imprison somebody, usually without trial.
    The US government interned thousands of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
  3. verb To confine or hold (foreign military personnel who stray into the state's territory) within prescribed limits during wartime.
    The Swiss government interned the Italian soldiers who had strayed onto Swiss territory.
  4. verb To internalize.
  5. adjective Internal.
  6. noun A student or recent graduate who works in order to gain experience in their chosen field.
  7. noun A medical student or recent graduate working in a hospital as a final part of medical training.
  8. verb To work as an intern, usually with little or no pay or other legal prerogatives of employment, and for the purpose of furthering a program of education.
    I'll be interning at Universal Studios this summer.

Similar words

houseman interne internist medical intern probation probationary apprenticeship apprentice trainee traineeship

Often followed by

med at in and program organs to who or

Word family

interne interned internee internees internes interning interns internship internships

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