Inter Meaning
/ɪnˈtɚ/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo bury in a grave.
verbTo confine, as in a prison.
Sentence Examples
My favorite team is Inter Milano in Italy.
Schalke are playing Inter Milan tonight.
Inter Milan is an Italian football team.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After the funeral service, they will ____ the coffin in the cemetery ground today.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The family decided to ____ the old man's remains in the quiet local churchyard where his wife was buried.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English enteren, borrowed from Old French enterrer, enterer, from Vulgar Latin *interrāre (“to put in earth”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The tomb was discovered on Fenghuangshan (Phoenix Hill) in Chinancheng, Chiangling county, in China’s central Hupeh province. An inscription on a bamboo tablet found in it shows that the corpse was interred in the fifth moon of the 13th year of the reign of Emperor Wen, that is, in 167 B.C."
— 1975 October, “Newly-Found Han Tomb Relics and Male Corpse”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXIV, number 10, Peking, →OCLC, page 40, column 1:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After the funeral service, they will ____ the coffin in the cemetery ground today.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The family decided to ____ the old man's remains in the quiet local churchyard where his wife was buried.