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intern

Definition

  • noun: a student or recent graduate who works for a period of time at a job in order to get experience
  • noun: an advanced student or graduate usually in a professional field (as medicine or teaching) gaining supervised practical experience (as in a hospital or classroom)
  • verb: to confine or impound especially during a war
  • verb: to work as an intern
  • synonyms: internal, interior, inmate

Examples

  • They are protesting the government's decision to 'intern' citizens without evidence of wrongdoing.

  • After medical school, he worked as an 'intern' at the university hospital.

  • After medical school, he 'interned' at the university hospital.

Movie quotes

  • (..) - All right. - Todd, JD. - JD, this is my man Todd. - What's goin'... I was back in high school. Surgical interns are all slice 'em and dice 'em. Medical interns are trained to think about the body. Diagnose, test. Medical interns... (..)
    2001 TvShow: Scrubs Title: My First Day Season: 1 Episode 1
  • (..) so I just want to encourage you all to think of me as your safety net. Because I promise you, we're a family here. Now, then, go get 'em, doctors. The surgical interns are gonna go grab a beer. The medical interns are having a Pac-Man tournament. We're all twelve. I love Pac-Man. (..)
    2001 TvShow: Scrubs Title: My First Day Season: 1 Episode 1