Definition of intern
archaic
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Students intern 30 hours a week for five weeks, earning a total of $1,315.
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Rather, because many of the school's students actively intern and work around Washington D.C., their dining plan is a pay-per-meal system that works with a number different spots around the campus and city.
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The disclosure of the case came on the same day that the Chinese police arrested two lawyers, an intern lawyer and a legal assistant on subversion charges.
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Origin and Etymology of intern
Middle French interne, from Latin internus
Recent Examples of intern from the Web
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Having graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s prestigious Wharton School, Copeland interned on Wall Street.
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Soberanes was a member of his high school’s track and cross-country teams, took part in school advisory committees and interned for U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa.
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Two years ago, Dobbs interned for Pratt & Whitney, working on futuristic aircraft.
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Obama interned for the show in 2014, while her father was still the president.
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This summer, with the support of Inroads, a nonprofit that promotes workforce diversity, Brown-Bramble is interning in the compliance department of Novo Nordisk, a pharmaceutical maker.
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She and 14 or 15 high school juniors from the Elk Grove Unified School District made $10.50 an hour interning with national homebuilder Lennar at its subdivisions near Bradshaw Road and Gerber Road.
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Hannah Boudreau, a student at Bloomsburg University, is interning with the Special Olympics Maryland communications department.
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Her grandfather was sent to an internment camp — and never returned By Nancy Kaffer Jan. 14, 2017 The government interned Tsujiro Miyazaki during World War II.
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First Known Use of intern
1866
Definition of intern
:an advanced student or graduate usually in a professional field (such as medicine or teaching) gaining supervised practical experience (as in a hospital or classroom)
Examples of intern in a Sentence
After medical school, he worked as an intern at the university hospital.
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Rachael Lallensack is an intern with Nature in Washington, D.C.
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The Blue Ash office currently employs 51 full-time staff, along with 24 interns.
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The funding will be used to hire student interns, as well as purchase equipment needed to digitize the Barker Mansion archives.
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Our interns decided Mini jugs of Big Momma’s sweet tea and lemonade are available for purchase, along with a selection of soda and bottled water.
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Max Bloom is a student of mathematics and English literature at the University of Chicago and an editorial intern at National Review.
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Cooley, along with Toy Story 4 producer Jonas Rivera, both started at Pixar as interns, making this film the first of Pixar’s second generation.
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Technology companies such as Ultimate Software work closely with local universities to recruit interns and young, up-and-coming tech talent.
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Voice of OC intern Jose Ochoa contributed to this report.
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Origin and Etymology of intern
French interne, from interne, adjective
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Recent Examples of intern from the Web
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Having graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s prestigious Wharton School, Copeland interned on Wall Street.
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Soberanes was a member of his high school’s track and cross-country teams, took part in school advisory committees and interned for U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa.
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Two years ago, Dobbs interned for Pratt & Whitney, working on futuristic aircraft.
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Obama interned for the show in 2014, while her father was still the president.
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This summer, with the support of Inroads, a nonprofit that promotes workforce diversity, Brown-Bramble is interning in the compliance department of Novo Nordisk, a pharmaceutical maker.
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She and 14 or 15 high school juniors from the Elk Grove Unified School District made $10.50 an hour interning with national homebuilder Lennar at its subdivisions near Bradshaw Road and Gerber Road.
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Hannah Boudreau, a student at Bloomsburg University, is interning with the Special Olympics Maryland communications department.
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Her grandfather was sent to an internment camp — and never returned By Nancy Kaffer Jan. 14, 2017 The government interned Tsujiro Miyazaki during World War II.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'intern.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of intern
circa 1928
Other Education Terms
INTERN Defined for English Language Learners
INTERN Defined for Kids
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of intern
:a physician gaining supervised practical experience in a hospital after graduating from medical school — called also
houseman
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