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intern

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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)

interned, interning.

to be or perform the duties of an intern.

intern

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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.

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adjective

Archaic.

internal.

intern

verb

ɪ��ˈ��ɜː�� tr to detain or confine (foreign or enemy citizens, ships, etc), esp during wartime
ˈɪ�Գ�ɜː�� intr to serve or train as an intern

noun

another word for internee
Alsointerne med a graduate in the first year of practical training after medical school, resident in a hospital and under supervision by senior doctors British equivalenthouse officer
a student teacher
a student or recent graduate receiving practical training in a working environment

adjective

an archaic word for internal

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Word History and Origins

Origin of intern¹

First recorded in 1825–30 intern ¹fordef 1, and in 1920–25 intern ¹fordefs 2, 3; from French interne “assistant doctor,” from Latin internus “i�Էɲ��”; intern ³

Origin of intern²

First recorded in 1865–70; from French interner “to send inland; confine,” verbal derivative of interne intern ³

Origin of intern³

First recorded in 1570–80; from Latin internus “inward,” equivalent to inter- inter- + -nus adjective suffix

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Word History and Origins

Origin of intern¹

C19: from Latin internus internal

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When the Nazis came through in 1940 they interned Wodehouse and transported him to Berlin, from which the Germans persuaded him to make a handful of “nonpolitical” radio broadcasts for his British compatriots.

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Even more of a threat to the drugs barons – so the government says – will be two newly converted prisons, where the 100 most powerful of them will be interned from later this year.

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He had early formative experiences where he learned how to work with crowds, including as an intern on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and as a certified New York City bike tour guide.

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Studying for a masters degree at Georgetown University and interning on Capitol Hill at a major Congressional committee, the 28-year-old was drawn to the US by the familiar lure of better opportunities.

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People of German and Italian ancestry were also interned during that time.

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