TOP

Definition of inter verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

inter

verb
 
/ɪnˈtɜː(r)/
 
/ɪnˈtɜːr/
[usually passive] (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they inter
 
/ɪnˈtɜː(r)/
 
/ɪnˈtɜːr/
he / she / it inters
 
/ɪnˈtɜːz/
 
/ɪnˈtɜːrz/
past simple interred
 
/ɪnˈtɜːd/
 
/ɪnˈtɜːrd/
past participle interred
 
/ɪnˈtɜːd/
 
/ɪnˈtɜːrd/
-ing form interring
 
/ɪnˈtɜːrɪŋ/
 
/ɪnˈtɜːrɪŋ/
jump to other results
  1. to bury a dead person
    • be interred The princess was interred on an island in the middle of a lake.
    opposite disinter see also intermentTopics Life stagesc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryInter is used with these nouns as the object:
    • remains
    See full entry
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French enterrer, based on Latin in- ‘into’ + terra ‘earth’.
See inter in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

Other results

All matches
ripple effect
noun
 
 
From the Topic
Change, cause and effect
C2
Oxford Learner's Dictionaries Word of the Day