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intern

intern

229 3.1
A student or recent graduate who works temporarily to gain work experience
  • noun
  • /ˈɪnˌtɜrn/
translation icon : becario
  • During the summer, many students work as interns to gain experience in their chosen fields.
  • internship for interns
  • student interns
  • supervise interns

I did as an intern the world's greatest intern.

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Examples

  • Internships are six months in length, but interns often stay on up to a month longer than planned.

    Academic text (2017)
  • This is Tyler Gage, your new intern.

  • Where is my intern and what is her name?

  • You know, as an intern, I am very busy.

  • Well, when my mother was an intern, she used to work late through the night, sleep through the day.

  • So what we're looking for here is a design intern.

  • The most powerful lessons are those that the student interns discover on their own, as this student.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Interns handle their own expenses.

  • They are all interns who have been with us during the past year.

  • She was an IOP Directors intern and hails from the state of Wisconsin.

Synonyms

apprentice
vsintern
97 3.4

A person who learns a trade by working for a skilled worker

is shorter and less formal, focused on temporary practical experience
trainee
vsintern
50 2.4

A person learning the skills needed for a job

focuses on short practical experience rather than formal instruction

Compounds

medical intern
  • Specialized
3.4

A person training to be a doctor while working with help from senior doctors in a hospital

How Experienced

intern
229 3.1
trainee
50 2.4
volunteer
7 3.5

Surface Forms

intern singular
interns plural

Etymology

Intern (a trainee) comes from the Latin internus 'inside' and the same root as internal. So an intern is a student or recent graduate who works inside a company or office to learn and gain experience.