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intern
1[in-turn]
noun
a resident member of the medical staff of a hospital, usually a recent medical school graduate serving under supervision.
Education.student teacher.
a person who works as an apprentice or trainee in an occupation or profession to gain practical experience, and sometimes also to satisfy legal or other requirements for being licensed or accepted professionally.
verb (used without object)
to be or perform the duties of an intern.
intern
2[in-turn, in-turn]
verb (used with object)
to restrict to or confine within prescribed limits, as prisoners of war, enemy aliens, or combat troops who take refuge in a neutral country.
to impound or hold within a country until the termination of a war, as a ship of a belligerent that has put into a neutral port and remained beyond a limited period.
noun
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
intern
3[in-turn]
adjective
intern
verb
(tr) to detain or confine (foreign or enemy citizens, ships, etc), esp during wartime
(intr) to serve or train as an intern
noun
another word for internee
Also: interne.British equivalent: house officer.med a graduate in the first year of practical training after medical school, resident in a hospital and under supervision by senior doctors
a student teacher
a student or recent graduate receiving practical training in a working environment
adjective
an archaic word for internal
Word History and Origins
Origin of intern1
Word History and Origins
Origin of intern1
Example Sentences
Habon said she worked on new graduate housing going up on campus, a project she joined as an intern for one of the firms that’s part of the program.
As a manager in his company, Van Belle oversees the work of a handful of interns each year.
The White House appointed Fugate, a former Trump campaign worker who interned at the hard-right Heritage Foundation, to a Homeland Security role that was expanded to include the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships.
Trump finally appeared on the portico of the Blue Room after 7 p.m. on Wednesday to welcome new interns to what the White House described as a “soiree” on the South Lawn.
A Tampa PBS intern spoke with Salon on how this is affecting her station.
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