internverb [ T often passive ]
uk/ɪnˈtɜːn/us/ɪnˈtɝːn/to put someone in prison for political or military reasons, especially during a war:
Many foreigners were interned for the duration of the war.
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Putting people in prison
- at His/Her Majesty's pleasure idiom
- bang
- bang sb up
- bar
- behind bars idiom
- bird
- hold
- immured
- imprison
- incarcerate
- internment
- jail
- lock
- pen
- remand
- restraint
- rot
- rot in jail, prison, etc. idiom
- send
- serve
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internnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɪn.tɜːn/us/ˈɪn.tɝːn/intern noun [ C ] (MEDICAL)
US UK houseman a male or female doctor who is still training, and who works in a hospital
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Medical treatment: doctors & health workers generally
- anaesthetist
- auxiliary nurse
- charge nurse
- clinician
- consultant
- dental practitioner/surgeon
- doctor's orders
- ENT
- GP
- houseman
- LPN
- medical examiner
- mo
- nurse
- occupational therapy
- odontologist
- radiographer
- resident
- senior nursing officer
- specialist
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Students & pupils
intern noun [ C ] (STUDENT)
mainly US someone who is finishing training for a skilled job especially by getting practical experience of the work involved:
She worked in the White House as an intern.
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Students & pupils
- -grader
- alumna
- alumnus
- attrition
- batchmate
- boarder
- entrant
- frosh
- graduate
- houseman
- infant
- internship
- learner
- pupil
- schoolchild
- schoolgirl
- schoolmate
- sixth-former
- sophomore
- theologian
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