to intern
- verb
- /ˈɪnˌtɜrn/
- As part of his studies, Marcus will intern at a law firm to understand the practical aspects of legal work.
- students intern
And it wasn't long before the very people I interned for, I was now having to manage, right?
- And it wasn't long before the very people I interned for, I was now having to manage, right?
- And these are fairly long swims and we brought an excellent swimmer with us that was interning with me for a while.
- And you're also have been interning, you know, to get more experience this summer with DNA dot fund, right?
- And after going to Art Centre, he interned with the great photographer Arnold Newman in New York, only for about a month.
- She at that point was interning for free for a Tony Robbins coach, like transcribing notes.
- So I, I raised the portion from someone I interned with.
- So as someone who is is now starting to read scripts and and has done it in the past interning, what would you say to that?
Examples
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So what are you doing interning at a magazine?
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I have the opportunity to intern under a field photographer this summer at a local news station.
Academic text (1999) -
Continue to work as an intern while we figure out what we want to do.
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I could reach out to this place I want to intern this summer.
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And I think his son is going to intern at our company.
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One great way to do this without making a commitment is to intern or job shadow.
Blog text (12) -
- Well I interned for her in high school.
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In this spirit, I asked my sophomore music education students to intern with community organizations devoted to children.
Academic text (1990) -
I spent my summer interning at the Boise Weekly and have been thrilled to share.
Blog text (15) -
Meet Melody Fister, an NC State student who is interning with us this semester.
Blog text (5)
Synonyms
To work for a skilled person to learn a trade
Compounds
- Specialized
A person training to be a doctor while working with help from senior doctors in a hospital
How Involved
Surface Forms
Etymology
Intern (verb meaning to work as an intern) comes from the Latin word internus meaning 'inside' and is the same root as internal. It first named someone who stayed 'inside' a hospital to learn, so to intern is to work inside a place to get practical training.