INTERN

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does intern mean? 

• INTERN (noun)
  The noun INTERN has 1 sense:

1. an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience ('houseman' is a British term)

  Familiarity information: INTERN used as a noun is very rare.

• INTERN (verb)
  The verb INTERN has 2 senses:

1. deprive of freedom

2. work as an intern

  Familiarity information: INTERN used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience ('houseman' is a British term)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

houseman; intern; interne; medical intern

Hypernyms ("intern" is a kind of...):

doc; doctor; Dr.; MD; medico; physician (a licensed medical practitioner)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Derivation:

intern (work as an intern)

internship (the position of a medical intern)

• INTERN (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they intern ... he / she / it interns
Past simple: interned   
Past participle: interned   
-ing form: interning   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deprive of freedom

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

During WW II, Japanese were interned in camps in the West

Hypernyms (to "intern" is one way to...):

confine; detain (deprive of freedom; take into confinement)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

internee (a person who is interned)

internment (the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison))

internment (confinement during wartime)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Work as an intern

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

The young doctor is interning at the Medical Center this year

Hypernyms (to "intern" is one way to...):

work (exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

intern (an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience ('houseman' is a British term))

internist (a specialist in internal medicine)