intern

Everyday

1. An intern is a student or young person who works somewhere for a short time to learn the job, sometimes without pay. tree →
2. (US) An intern is a young doctor who has just finished medical school and is training in a hospital. tree →
3. To intern someone is to lock them up, usually in a camp, during a war, because they come from an enemy country. tree →

In the lessons

Everyday life and careers: «a summer intern», «an intern at the newspaper». In history lessons the verb is used for people held in camps in wartime (for example Japanese Americans in the Second World War). Phrases: «work as an intern», «an internship».

Examples

• My cousin is an intern at a bank this summer. tree →
• The intern made tea and learned how the office works. tree →
• The young intern checked the patient's chart with the senior doctor. tree →
• She wants to be an intern at the zoo. tree →
• During the war, thousands of people were interned in camps. tree →
• The internship lasts six weeks. tree →
• The intern asked lots of good questions. tree →

Note

Say «IN-tern» for the noun; the verb is often «in-TERN». The job is an «internship»; being locked up is «internment». Do not mix with «interment» (burial) or «internal» (inside).