English dictionary
intern
/'/I/nt/[@]/rn/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
adjective
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Internal.
Source: webster1913
noun
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an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term)
Source: WordNet 3.0
verb
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deprive of freedom
ExamplesDuring WW II, Japanese were interned in camps in the West.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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work as an intern
ExamplesThe young doctor is interning at the Medical Center this year.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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To put for safe keeping in the interior of a place or country; to confine to one locality; as, to <i>intern</i> troops which have fled for refuge to a neutral country.
Source: webster1913