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intern - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'intern' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Intern [ a.]
- Internal.
- To put for safe keeping in the interior of a place or country; to confine to one locality; as, to intern troops which have fled for refuge to a neutral country.

Meaning of 'intern' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . intern [ v]
Meaning (1):
- deprive of freedom
Example in sentence:
  • During WW II, Japanese were interned in camps in the West
Meaning (2):
- work as an intern
Example in sentence:
  • The young doctor is interning at the Medical Center this year