inter

verb in·ter \ in-ˈtər \

|Updated on: 11 Jun 2018

Examples: inter in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples of inter from the Web

At a cemetery in Escuintla, relatives of Sandra Orizabal, 37, buried her in a white coffin next to the grave of her husband, who was interred the previous day.

— Time, "Search Has Been Suspended After Guatemala Volcano Eruption, 109 Deaths Confirmed," 9 June 2018
John Robert Devitt died last August and was interred in March at Fort Sam, a C-47 flying overhead during the service.

— sig christenson, San Antonio Express-News, "Surviving Doolittle Raider flies on restored D-Day plane," 6 June 2018
More than 10,312 Civil War troops are interred in the Marietta cemetery.

— dan klepal, ajc, "Metro youths continue patriotic tradition on Memorial Day weekend," 27 May 2018
Over the years, thousands of war dead — Nationalists and Republicans alike — were unearthed from graves across Spain and interred — often anonymously — in the basilica, an apparent attempt to bring the nation together.

— james badcock, latimes.com, "Inside the Valley of the Fallen, a search for two brothers killed in the Spanish Civil War," 10 May 2018
Remains that are not claimed or identified as those of a veteran — immigrants, perhaps, interred far from home but within sight of a new life — will be reburied at Fairview Cemetery in Hyde Park.

— brian macquarrie, BostonGlobe.com, "Winter weather helped uncover a dark past on Gallops Island," 3 May 2018
The llamas were less than 18 months old and generally interred facing east, toward the high peaks of the Andes.

— National Geographic, "Exclusive: Ancient Mass Child Sacrifice May Be World's Largest," 26 Apr. 2018
He was buried in Green Bay's Woodlawn Cemetery; in 1985, thieves broke into his mausoleum and stole his skull, which was later recovered by police and re-interred.

— meg jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Wisconsin victims and survivors of the sinking of the Titanic ranged from doctors to kids," 12 Apr. 2018
The mural is magnificent, but the sister artists are not interred in Woodlawn.

— vincent crampton, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Explore Florida's Orange County: Woodlawn Memorial Park’s happy little plot," 6 May 2018

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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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First Known Use: 14th century

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inter Synonyms

inter-

prefix

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

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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