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verb in·ter \ in-ˈtər \

Updated on: 11 Sep 2017

Definition of inter

interred; interring

transitive verb

:to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb

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Examples of inter in a Sentence

a burial site where people have been interred for over a thousand years
the soldier was interred with great honors at Arlington National Cemetery

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Later that day, she will be interred in her family's chapel at St. Mary the Virgin Church in the village of Brington, about 70 miles north of London.

— jennifer amur, Washington Post, "How Britain and the world mourned Diana, the ‘People’s Princess,’ over 8 days in 1997," 31 Aug. 2017
After her death on Aug. 12, 2014, she was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California, the same cemetery as Bogart.

— maria carter, Country Living, "Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall's Romance Began with a Scandalous Affair," 13 Aug. 2017
They were interred beneath sterile, white headstones in a cemetery that would come to hold the bodies of 200 native children who perished at the school.

— brigit katz, Smithsonian, "U.S. Army To Return Remains of Three Native Boys Who Died at Assimilation School," 9 Aug. 2017
But Bibelhauser found out that Baker's remains had been re-interred by his wife in 1968.

— thomas novelly, The Courier-Journal, "World War II veteran's missing gravestone returns home to Louisville," 6 Aug. 2017
He was felled by colic and his ashes interred last September.

— diane bell, sandiegouniontribune.com, "On and off the track: horses and hidden attractions at Del Mar," 19 July 2017
Some researchers believe the British dug 100-foot trenches to inter the Marylanders.

— tim prudente, baltimoresun.com, "Dig may settle mystery into lost grave of famed Maryland 400 soldiers," 14 July 2017
Crum will be interred at the Miami City Cemetery in a private family gathering.

— tonya alanez, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Founder of Broward Foster Grandparent Program dies at 91," 5 July 2017
After the attack in San Bernardino, California, in 2015, relatives of the killers, Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, interred their bodies in a cemetery far from their California home after a closer graveyard rejected them.

— the new york times, NOLA.com, "Scalise shooter's widow mourns a man everyone wants to forget," 4 July 2017

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Origin and Etymology of inter

Middle English enteren, from Anglo-French enterrer, from Vulgar Latin *interrare, from in- + Latin terra earth — more at ¹terrace

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inter Synonyms

Synonyms

entomb, hearse, inhume, bury, lay, put away, tomb

Antonyms

disinter, exhume, unearth

Related Words

immure, inurn; enshrine; conceal, cover, ensconce, hide; obscure, shade, shield; cloak, curtain, enshroud, shroud; rebury, reinter; coffin

Near Antonyms

burn, cremate; bare, disclose, discover, display, exhibit, expose, reveal, show; uncoffin

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Definition of inter-

1 :between :among :in the midst

intercrop

interpenetrate

interstellar

2 :reciprocal

interrelation

:reciprocally

intermarry

3 :located between

interstation

4 :carried on between

international

5 :occurring between

interborough

:intervening

interglacial

6 :shared by, involving, or derived from two or more

interfaith

7 :between the limits of :within

intertropical

8 :existing between

intercommunal

intercompany

inter-African
interagency
inter–American
interanimation
interannual
interassociation
interatomic
interavailability
interbank
interbasin
interbed
interborough
interbranch
intercalibration
intercampus
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intercellular
interchain
interchannel
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intercoastal
intercolonial
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intercompare
intercomparison
intercorporate
intercorrelate
intercorrelation
intercountry
intercounty
intercouple
intercrater
intercrystalline
intercultural
interculturally
interculture
interdealer
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interdepartmental
interdepartmentally
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interdivisional
interdominion
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interelectronic
interepidemic
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interfamily
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interfirm
interflow
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interhospital
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interinfluence
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interlay
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interlocal
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intermembrane
intermenstrual
interministerial
intermitotic
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intermolecularly
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internucleon
internucleotide
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interocean
interoceanic
interoffice
interoperate
interoperative
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interorganizational
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interparish
interparochial
interparticle
interparty
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interplanetary
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interpopulation
interpopulational
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interprovincial
interpsychic
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interreligious
interrenal
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interschool
intersectional
intersegment
intersegmental
intersensory
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interstation
interstimulation
interstimulus
interstrain
interstrand
interstratification
interstratified
intersystem
interterm
interterminal
interterritorial
intertranslatable
intertrial
intertribal
intertroop
interunion
interunit
interuniversity
interurban
intervalley
interventricular
intervertebral
intervillage
intervisibility
intervisible
intervisitation
interwar
interwork
interworking
interzonal
interzone

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Origin and Etymology of inter-

Middle English inter-, enter-, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French inter-, entre-, from Latin inter-, from inter; akin to Old High German untar among, Greek enteron intestine, Old English in in

INTER Defined for English Language Learners

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Definition of inter for English Language Learners

: to bury (a dead body)

inter-

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Definition of inter- for English Language Learners

: between : among : together
: involving two or more

INTER Defined for Kids

inter

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verb in·ter \ in-ˈtər \

Definition of inter for Students

interred; interring

:bury 2

inter-

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Definition of inter- for Students

1 :between :among :together

intermingle

2 :mutual :mutually

interrelation

3 :located, occurring, or carried on between

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