intern
1a 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.
to be or perform the duties of an intern.
Origin of intern
1- Sometimes in·terne .
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Other definitions for intern (2 of 3)
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.
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
Origin of intern
2Other definitions for intern (3 of 3)
Origin of intern
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How to use intern in a sentence
Netea’s introduction to trained immunity came in 2010, when a student intern in his lab was studying how vaccines shape the immune response.
‘Trained Immunity’ Offers Hope in Fight Against Coronavirus | Esther Landhuis | September 14, 2020 | Quanta MagazineI was her first intern, but I learned very quickly that I don’t want to be a politician.
I was her first intern when she was elected to the House in 2010 when we had all those kind of Tea Party conservatives swept in.
Then he wrote Elliott a fan letter and asked to be his unpaid intern.
Plus, our intern Kate Nucci will discuss her latest story about how a century-old law allows police to punish people on the streets of San Diego for speech they don’t like.
Morning Report: The Seditious Language Law’s Origin Story | Voice of San Diego | August 5, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
When I became aware that an intern of mine had been sexually harassed by a producer while making the film, I was blown away.
A Rallying Cry Against the Oversexualization of Our Youth | Darryl Roberts | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt first glance, it might be tempting to interpret this extravagant level of compensation as a victory for the once-humble intern.
Silicon Valley Interns Make a Service Worker’s Yearly Salary In Three Months | Samantha Allen | November 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe income of a software engineering intern at Facebook is comparable, with monthly incomes of over $6,500.
Silicon Valley Interns Make a Service Worker’s Yearly Salary In Three Months | Samantha Allen | November 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSomehow she also found time to intern at the U.S. Department of Education and help build a school in Mali.
TEDx Talks Have a Disability Problem—but This Incredible Young Woman Is Working to Change That | Nina Strochlic | November 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEven though his undergraduate studies had led him to be a vegetarian, he decided to intern with a small pork producer.
Curious that we are not allowed to intern these people; but the French authorities object.
Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie | George Brenton LaurieOur fears coming uppermost, we gave voice to them: "intern?"
The Escape of a Princess Pat | George PearsonCarin lvissim, transvers semicylindric; parte superiori liber prominente, intern aut plan aut crist centrali instruct.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) | Charles DarwinCarin parte superiori liber prominente, et crist centrali, intern, longitudinali instruct.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) | Charles DarwinI have functioned as an intern in oral surgery and also now am a resident this year in oral surgery.
Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
British Dictionary definitions for intern
(ɪnˈtɜːn) (tr) to detain or confine (foreign or enemy citizens, ships, etc), esp during wartime
(ˈɪntɜːn) (intr) mainly US to serve or train as an intern
another word for internee
Also: interne med, US and Canadian a graduate in the first year of practical training after medical school, resident in a hospital and under supervision by senior doctors: British equivalent: house officer
mainly US a student teacher
mainly US a student or recent graduate receiving practical training in a working environment
Origin of intern
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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