variants
or less commonly interne
: an advanced student or graduate usually in a professional field (such as medicine or teaching) gaining supervised practical experience (as in a hospital or classroom)
interned; interning; interns
: to work as an intern
interned; interning; interns
: to confine or impound especially during a war
intern enemy aliens
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Verb (2)
some Polish citizens were interned in Russian camps during World War II
After medical school, he worked as an intern at the university hospital.
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Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2024
The duo connected in 1999, after von Bismarck gave up a commodities trading job in Europe to try to get into public relations in the U.S. Remembering first joining Nike Communications as an intern, von Bismarck said Phillips, who was her boss, asked another employee who von Bismarck was.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024
Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2023
The assailant had interned at the bank for three summers and been employed there full-time for close to two years, his LinkedIn profile showed.
—Mark Morales, CNN, 11 Apr. 2023
Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 26 June 2024
After the pandemic hit, remote work was discussed frequently in Glassdoor reviews by all types of workers, interns included, but intern sentiment about remote work was much more negative than that among other employees.
—Cassie Werber, Quartz, 19 Apr. 2022
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Noun
Dexter: Original Sin flashes back to a young Dexter Morgan to pass the torch from Michael C. Hall’s grizzled, fugitive serial killer in present-day to 1991’s wide-eyed forensics Miami Metro intern played by Patrick Gibson.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2024
The duo connected in 1999, after von Bismarck gave up a commodities trading job in Europe to try to get into public relations in the U.S. Remembering first joining Nike Communications as an intern, von Bismarck said Phillips, who was her boss, asked another employee who von Bismarck was.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024
Verb
The shooter had interned at the bank for several summers before becoming a full-time employee in 2021, police said.
—Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2023
The assailant had interned at the bank for three summers and been employed there full-time for close to two years, his LinkedIn profile showed.
—Mark Morales, CNN, 11 Apr. 2023
Adjective
Vivian Casals-Munoz was appointed as an intern council member on Feb. 8, 2022, and the election for that seat was held Nov. 8 of that year.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 26 June 2024
After the pandemic hit, remote work was discussed frequently in Glassdoor reviews by all types of workers, interns included, but intern sentiment about remote work was much more negative than that among other employees.
—Cassie Werber, Quartz, 19 Apr. 2022
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“Intern.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intern. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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intern
2 of 3 noun
in·tern
variants
also interne
ˈin-ˌtərn
: an advanced student or graduate in a special field (as medicine or teaching) who is gaining supervised practical experience (as in a hospital or classroom)
intern
3 of 3 verb
in·tern
ˈin-ˌtərn 
: to work as an intern
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