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internship - 3 dictionary results

in⋅tern⋅ship

[in-turn-ship]
–noun
1. the state or condition of being an intern.
2. the period during which a person serves as an intern.
3. any official or formal program to provide practical experience for beginners in an occupation or profession: an internship for management trainees.
4. a position as a participant in such a program: She has accepted an internship in a law firm.
5. any period of time during which a beginner acquires experience in an occupation, profession, or pursuit: She had a long internship before starting her own recording studio.

Origin:
1900–05; intern 2 + -ship
in·tern also in·terne   (ĭn'tûrn')   
n.  
    1. A student or a recent graduate undergoing supervised practical training.
    2. A physician who has recently graduated from medical school and is learning medical practice in a hospital under supervision, prior to beginning a residency program.
  1. One who is interned; an internee.
v.   in·terned, in·tern·ing, in·terns

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.

Main Entry: in·tern·ship
Variant: also in·terne·ship /'in-"t&rn-"ship/
Function: noun
1 : the stateor position of being an intern
2 a : a period of service as an intern b : the phase of medical training covered during such service
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