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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

  • (..) Who is she? Her name is Gwen, Gwen Stacy. Gwen Stacy? She works for you. Really? She works for me? She's an intern at Oscorp. Is she a model employee? You know, when my father sent away me I tried to forget everything about this place. I guess that kind of includes you. (..)
    2014 The Amazing Spider-Man 2
  • (..) Can I help you? I don't know. I'm here to see... -...Dr. Connors. - Right. You'll find yourself to the left. You are here for the internship? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. You'll find your badge to the left. Having trouble finding yourself? No. Yeah, I got it. (..)
    2012 The Amazing Spider-Man
  • (..) I'll send flowers. Speaking of flowers, I'm putting together a party after the party at Kappa Eta Sigma. Ashleigh's a sister. ' Ashleigh? ' The intern. Yeah. I know who she is. Are you guys' Ashleigh? Me? No. Well, a little bit. Why? ' No. Nothing, I just' (..)
    2010 The Social Network