Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To imprison somebody, usually without trial.

    The US government interned thousands of Japanese-Americans during World War II.

    internieren

    интерни́роватьintɛrnírovatʹ

  2. To imprison somebody, usually without trial.

    (transitive)To confine or hold (foreign military personnel who stray into the state's territory) within prescribed limits during wartime.

    The Swiss government interned the Italian soldiers who had strayed onto Swiss territory.

  3. (transitive)To internalize.

  4. (intransitive)To work as an intern, usually with little or no pay or other legal prerogatives of employment, and for the purpose of furthering a program of education.

    I'll be interning at Universal Studios this summer.

    проходи́ть пра́ктику/стажиро́вкуproxodítʹ práktiku/stažiróvku, пройти́ пра́ктику/стажиро́вкуprojtí práktiku/stažiróvku

Examples

31 sentences
  1. I feel like an intern again.

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  2. Tom started working here as an intern.

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  3. Tom was just an intern at that time.

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  4. Tom is an intern.

    ruТом - интерн.

    deTom ist Praktikant.

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  5. Tom is a medical intern.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to imprison (transitive):
to work as an intern:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to imprison (transitive):

Origin

From French interner, from interne (“inner, internal”), from Latin internus (“within, inte

From French interner, from interne (“inner, internal”), from Latin internus (“within, internal”), compare Etymology 2.

From French interne (“inner, internal”), from Latin internus (“within, internal”), from inter (“between”); compare Etymology 1.

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Forms

interns, interning, interned, interned
Base formintern · to intern
3rd person singularinterns
Present participleinterning
Past simpleinterned
Past participleinterned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyintern
he, she, itinterns

Past simpleLesson

all personsinterned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave interned
he, she, ithas interned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill intern

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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