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in⋅tern
1
[v. in-turn; n. in-turn] 
tɜrn
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to restrict to or confine within prescribed limits, as prisoners of war, enemy aliens, or combat troops who take refuge in a neutral country. |
| 2. | to impound or hold within a country until the termination of a war, as a ship of a belligerent that has put into a neutral port and remained beyond a limited period. |
–noun
| 3. | a person who is or has been interned; internee. |
in⋅tern
2 [in-turn] –noun Also, interne.
| 1. | a resident member of the medical staff of a hospital, usually a recent medical school graduate serving under supervision. |
| 2. | Education. student teacher. |
| 3. | a person who works as an apprentice or trainee in an occupation or profession to gain practical experience, and sometimes also to satisfy legal or other requirements for being licensed or accepted professionally. |
–verb (used without object)
| 4. | to be or perform the duties of an intern. |
student teacher
–noun
| a student who is studying to be a teacher and who, as part of the training, observes classroom instruction or does closely supervised teaching in an elementary or secondary school. |
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| in·tern also in·terne (ĭn'tûrn') n.
v. intr. To train or serve as an intern. v. tr. also (ĭn-tûrn') To confine, especially in wartime. adj. Archaic (ĭn-tûrn') Internal. [French interne, from Latin internus, internal; see internal.] in'tern·ship' n. |
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Intern
In*tern"\, a. [L. internus: cf. F. interne. See Internal.] Internal. [Obs.] --Howell.Intern
In*tern"\, v. t. [F. interne. See Intern, a.] 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.
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Language Translation for : intern
Spanish:
internar,
German:
internieren,
Japanese:
抑留する
intern (v.)
1866, "to confine within set limits," from Fr. interner "send to the interior, confine," from M.Fr. interne "inner, internal," from L. internus "within, internal" (see internal). Internment is first attested 1870.
intern (n.)
1879, Amer.Eng. "one working under supervision as part of professional training," esp. "doctor in training in a hospital," from Fr. interne "assistant doctor," lit. "resident within a school," from M.Fr. interne "internal" (see intern (v.)). The verb in this sense is attested from 1933; internship is from 1904.
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Main Entry: 1in·tern
Variant: also in·terne /'in-"t&rn/
Function: noun
: a physician gaining supervisedpractical experience in a hospital after graduating from medical school called also houseman
Main Entry: 2in·tern
Pronunciation: 'in-"t&rn
Function: intransitive verb
: to act as an intern
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intern in·tern or in·terne (ĭn'tûrn')
n.
An advanced student or recent graduate who assists in the medical or surgical care of hospital patients and who resides within that institution. v. in·terned, in·tern·ing, in·terns
To train or to serve as an intern.
in'tern·ship' n.
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