variants
or less commonly interne
: 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)
interned; interning; interns
: to work as an intern
interned; interning; interns
: to confine especially during a war
prisoners interned in camps during the war
Examples of intern in a Sentence
Verb (2)
some Polish citizens were interned in Russian camps during World War II
After medical school, he worked as an intern at the university hospital.
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Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025
Cincinnati police piloted the understudy program last year and welcomed its newest class of interns in mid-October.
—David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Nov. 2025
Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
Growing the intern population equitably serves the mission of many organizations.
—Benjamin Wolff, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
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Noun
Per the complaint, a 25-year-old Black law school graduate and ex-CMV intern took over Jerome’s position.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025
Cincinnati police piloted the understudy program last year and welcomed its newest class of interns in mid-October.
—David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
The act used to intern Japanese-Americans en masse in camps was the Alien Enemies Act, now being used by the Trump administration to enable the mass detention and deportation of undocumented people.
—Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
Growing the intern population equitably serves the mission of many organizations.
—Benjamin Wolff, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
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“Intern.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intern. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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intern
2 of 3 noun
in·tern
variants
also interne
ˈin-ˌtərn
: an advanced student or graduate in a special field (as medicine or teaching) who is gaining supervised practical experience (as in a hospital or classroom)
intern
3 of 3 verb
in·tern
ˈin-ˌtərn 
: to work as an intern
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