intern
1- 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
1interne
intern
2- 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.
- to be or perform the duties of an intern.
Origin of intern
2Related Words for interning
incarcerate, apprehend, detain, jail, commit, hold, remand, confine, imprison, hinder, restrict, restrain, constrain, inhibit, bind, necessitate, curb, constrict, stifle, delayExamples from the Web for interning
Contemporary Examples of interning
She got involved in interning as a way to jumpstart her budding modeling career.
I was camera-loading and interning for people like Chris Blauvelt (The Bling Ring) who are now coming up as cinematographers.
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February 26, 2014
Roosevelt toyed with the idea of interning Italian-Americans in camps along with Japanese-Americans.
Uninterested in school, she dedicated her semesters and summers to interning at beauty magazines.
I jumped at the chance, and before I knew it, I was interning at Apple.
Historical Examples of interning
I made the recording while I was interning at a state institution.
Sound of TerrorDon Berry
Since these words were written the British Press, or the Government maybe, has had the bright idea of interning one of them.
Pot-BoilersClive Bell
interne
- a variant spelling of intern (def. 4)
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 doctorsBritish equivalent: house officer
- mainly US a student teacher
- mainly US a student or recent graduate receiving practical training in a working environment
- an archaic word for internal
Word Origin for intern
Word Origin and History for interning
intern
intern
1879, American English, "one working under supervision as part of professional training," especially "doctor in training in a hospital," from French interne "assistant doctor," literally "resident within a school," from Middle French interne "internal" (see intern (v.)). The verb in this sense is attested from 1933. Related: Interned; interning.
intern
- An advanced student or recent graduate who assists in the medical or surgical care of hospital patients and who resides within that institution.
- To train or to serve as an intern.
interne
(ĭn′tûrn′)- Variant ofintern