Intern Meaning
/ɪnˈtɝn/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA person who is interned, forcibly or voluntarily.
verbTo imprison somebody, usually without trial.
Sentence Examples
The intern is lazy.
Tom is an intern.
Tom was just an intern at that time.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The hospital hired a new ____ to assist the doctors during the summer months.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She worked as an ____ at a large law firm during the summer to gain some practical experience in court.
Word Origin & History
From French interner, from interne (“inner, internal”), from Latin internus (“within, internal”), compare Etymology 2.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"That description was of a camp at the Tanforan Racetrack near San Francisco, one of several centers in California where Japanese and Japanese-American residents (Issei and Nisei) were held before being interned in areas remote from the West Coast."
— 1989 October 15, Vivien Raynor, “Interned Artists, Devoid of Grievance”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
"Cuba could take pride in its health system. It could, that is, if it weren't for the way it treats those who test positive [for HIV], whether sick or not, interning them in an isolation that has no medical justification, that is against all scientific direction and is a frontal assault on all human rights."
— 1989 December 10, Herbert Daniel, “An Open Letter To Fidel Castro”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 22, page 5:
"The same day, 354 British and Australian prisoners who had been interned in north Korea arrived by rail at Inch'on after arrangements had been made with the Russian commander at P'yongyang and were embarked for the Philippines."
— 1947 August, Duncan Sinclair, “The Occupation of Korea – Operations and Accomplishments”, in Military Review, volume XXVII, number 5, page 54, columns 1–2:
"Strings are automatically interned if they are assigned to a literal string within code."
— 2004, Mark Schmidt, Simon Robinson, Microsoft Visual C# .NET 2003 Developer's Cookbook, page 81:
"Man was made after Gods image, which must be understood of the intern graces of the Soule"
— 1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell], ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΊΑ [DENDROLOGIA]. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, London: […] T[homas] B[adger] for H. Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The hospital hired a new ____ to assist the doctors during the summer months.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She worked as an ____ at a large law firm during the summer to gain some practical experience in court.