intern
verb/ɪnˈtɜːn/
/ɪnˈtɜːrn/
[often passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they intern | /ɪnˈtɜːn/ /ɪnˈtɜːrn/ |
| he / she / it interns | /ɪnˈtɜːnz/ /ɪnˈtɜːrnz/ |
| past simple interned | /ɪnˈtɜːnd/ /ɪnˈtɜːrnd/ |
| past participle interned | /ɪnˈtɜːnd/ /ɪnˈtɜːrnd/ |
| -ing form interning | /ɪnˈtɜːnɪŋ/ /ɪnˈtɜːrnɪŋ/ |
- to put somebody in prison during a war or for political reasons, although they have not been charged with a crime
- be interned (in something) They were interned by the government for the duration of the war.
Word Originearly 16th cent. (as an adjective in the sense ‘internal’): from French interne (adjective), interner (verb), from Latin internus ‘inward, internal’. Current senses date from the 19th cent.Definitions on the go
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