intern
/in'tə:n/
Definition
Noun:
- A student or recent graduate, especially in medicine, gaining supervised practical experience: An "intern" is a person, often in a professional field like medicine, law, or business, who works for a limited time to gain entry-level experience under supervision.
- A person confined or detained, especially during wartime: An "intern" can also refer to a person who is forced to live in a restricted area, such as an internment camp.
Verb (transitive):
- To confine or detain, especially during a war: To "intern" someone means to restrict their freedom of movement, often by placing them in a camp.
- Verb (intransitive):
- To work as an intern: To "intern" means to serve as an intern, performing work to gain practical experience.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Trainee):
- The hospital hired three new medical interns for the summer program.
- She worked as a marketing intern before getting a full-time job.
- Noun (Detainee):
- During the conflict, thousands of civilians were held as interns.
- Verb (To detain):
- The government decided to intern individuals considered a security risk.
- Verb (To work as a trainee):
- He will intern at a law firm this semester.
- She is interning in the finance department to learn about accounting.
Advanced Usage
- "To be interned": This passive form is commonly used to describe the state of being confined.
- Many families were interned for the duration of the war.
Variants and Related Words
- Internship (n): The position or period of work undertaken by an intern.
- She completed a six-month internship at a tech startup.
- Internee (n): A person who is interned; a detainee. This word is specifically used for the confinement meaning.
- The camp held political internees.
Synonyms
- Noun (Trainee): Trainee, apprentice, resident (medical), probationer.
- Noun (Detainee): Detainee, prisoner.
- Verb (To detain): Confine, detain, imprison, hold.
- Verb (To work): Train, apprentice, work as a trainee.
Phrasal Verbs
(The word "intern" does not commonly form phrasal verbs.)
Related Idioms
(There are no common idioms directly using the word "intern.")
Noun
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an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term)
Verb
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work as an intern
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The young doctor is interning at the Medical Center this year
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deprive of freedom
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During WW II, Japanese were interned in camps in the West
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