inter

/in'tə:/

Thân thiện

A priest leads a ceremony to inter a casket in a cemetery.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To place a dead body in a grave or tomb; to bury: The primary meaning of "inter" is the formal act of depositing a corpse in the earth or in a tomb as part of a funeral rite.

Usage

• "Inter" is a formal and somewhat literary verb used specifically for the burial of the dead. It is more common in written English, official contexts, or historical accounts than in everyday conversation, where "bury" is more frequent.
• It is a transitive verb and requires a direct object (the body or the deceased person).

Examples

• Verb:
  • The soldiers were interred with full military honors.
  • The ancient king was interred in a secret chamber within the pyramid.
  • The family decided to inter the ashes in the garden.

Advanced Usage

• "to inter someone's remains": A formal phrase emphasizing the physical body or ashes.
  • Her final wish was to have her remains interred in her hometown.

Variants and Related Words

• Interment (n): The act or ceremony of burying a dead body.
  • The interment will be a private ceremony for family only.

Synonyms

• Bury: The most common and general synonym.
• Entomb: To place in a tomb or grave; often implies a more elaborate or above-ground structure.
• Inhume: A formal, technical term meaning to bury.

Antonyms

• Exhume: To dig out (something buried, especially a corpse) from the ground.
• Disinter: To remove from a grave or tomb; to exhume.

Học thuật

Verb

1. place in a grave or tomb
   • Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square
   • The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids
   • My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday

Từ đồng nghĩa

• bury
• entomb
• inhume
• lay to rest