- 1[intransitive] to work as an intern She interned at the State House between her sophomore and junior year at college.
- 2[transitive, often passive] intern somebody (in something) to put someone in prison during a war or for political reasons, although they have not been charged with a crime see internee
intern
verbNAmE//ɪnˈtərn//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they intern he / she / it interns
past simple interned
-ing form interning
NAmE//ɪnˈtərnmənt//
noun [uncountable] the internment of suspected terrorists internment campsSee intern in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: intern