intern

Meaning of intern

noun

a student or trainee who works, sometimes without pay, in order to gain work experience or satisfy requirements for a qualification.

verb
  1. confine (someone) as a prisoner, especially for political or military reasons.
    the family were interned for the duration of the war as enemy aliens
  2. serve as an intern.

early 16th century (as an adjective in the sense ‘internal’): from French interne (adjective), interner (verb), from Latin internus ‘inward, internal’. Current senses date from the 19th century.

Information about intern

Hyphenation of intern

in-tern

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • intern is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

intern synonyms

Meaning interne:

interne, houseman

Meaning a person undergoing training for a particular job or profession:

trainee

Meaning a person who is learning a trade from a skilled employer, having agreed to work for a fixed period at low wages:

apprentice

Meaning a person who is serving a probationary or trial period in a job or position to which they are newly appointed:

probationer

Meaning a person who is studying at a university or other place of higher education:

student

Meaning a person new to and inexperienced in a job or situation:

novice

Meaning a person who is learning a subject or skill:

learner

Meaning a person just starting to learn a skill or take part in an activity:

beginner

Meaning put or keep in prison or a place like a prison:

imprison

Meaning imprison or confine:

incarcerate

Meaning lock up (someone):

impound

Meaning put (someone) in jail:

jail

Meaning officially seize and hold (goods):

detain

Meaning keep or detain (someone):

hold

Meaning keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, or time):

confine

Meaning enclose or confine (someone) against their will:

immure

intern antonyms

Meaning allow or enable to escape from confinement; set free:

release

Translation of intern

Anagrams of intern

tinner

Words that rhyme with intern

tern, alatern, quatern, lectern, klaftern, sempitern, Chiltern, altern, chiltern, disaltern, saltern, subaltern, superaltern, Comintern, Komintern, Tintern, comintern, grintern, lantern, lintern, quartern, wartern, Eastern, Guildenstern, Krusenstern, Leichtenstern, Lowenstern, Mideastern, Midwestern, Northeastern, Northwestern, Southeastern, Southwestern, Stern, Western, astern, cistern, eastern, hestern, intracistern, midwestern, morgenstern, noneastern, nonwestern, northeastern, northwestern, pastern, postern, prostern, sistern

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