Meaning

A person who is interned, forcibly or voluntarily..

Definitions by Sense

1. A person who is interned, forcibly or voluntarily.
2. (transitive) To imprison somebody, usually without trial.
3. (transitive, programming) To internalize.
4. (archaic) Internal.
5. A student or recent graduate who works in order to gain experience in their chosen field.
6. A medical student or recent graduate working in a hospital as a final part of medical training.
7. (intransitive) To work as an intern, usually with little or no pay or other legal prerogatives of employment, and for the purpose of furthering a program of education.

Example Sentences

The US government interned thousands of Japanese-Americans during World War II.

That description was of a camp at the Tanforan Racetrack near San Francisco, one of several centers in California where Japanese and Japanese-American residents (Issei and Nisei) were held before being interned in areas remote from the West Coast.

Cuba could take pride in its health system. It could, that is, if it weren't for the way it treats those who test positive [for HIV], whether sick or not, interning them in an isolation that has no medical justification, that is against all scientific direction and is a frontal assault on all human rights.

Strings are automatically interned if they are assigned to a literal string within code.

Man was made after Gods image, which must be understood of the intern graces of the Soule

Students know that working as an intern can provide contacts and all-important experience in their chosen fields. And last year, 26 percent of graduates hired by companies had worked as interns, compared with 9 percent the year before.

I'll be interning at Universal Studios this summer.

Word Forms

• interns
• interne
• interning
• interned
• more intern
• most intern

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