INTERNSHIP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does internship mean? 

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

1. the position of a medical intern

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERNSHIP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The position of a medical intern

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)

Derivation:

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

 Context examples 

The MSW requires two years of post graduate study, in combination with one year's internship, also called field experience.

(Master of Social Work, NCI Thesaurus)