intern
gb/ˈɪntɚn/ us/ˈɪntɚn/
B1
Inglês
~ 6300
Aceções
0 aceções
Nome
B1
entity
1
student or trainee working for experience
A student or young person who works in a company for a short time to get real work experience, often for little or no money.
Padrão de uso:
[someone] works as an intern at [a company/organization]
Erro comum:
Learners sometimes confuse “intern” with “Internet” in speech and writing because they sound similar. Another common mistake is using “intern” to mean any young worker; in English it usually means a temporary trainee, often a student, not just a young employee.
Sinónimos
trainee (General word for someone being trained; not limited to office or professional settings like intern often is.)
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apprentice (Suggests longer, more formal training, especially in skilled trades; intern is often shorter and office-based.)
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assistant (Focuses on helping with work rather than learning; an intern is expected to learn as well as help.)
Antónimos
manager (A person in charge who directs work, the opposite role to an intern who is learning and has low responsibility.)
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full-time employee (Someone permanently employed with full pay and benefits, unlike many interns who are temporary or part-time.)
Colocações
summer intern
|unpaid intern
|college intern
|law firm intern
|intern program
|hire an intern
Temas
work
|education
|business
Exemplos
- She worked as a marketing intern at a tech startup last summer.
- The company hired three new interns to help with the project.
- As an intern, he spent most of his time learning how the finance team worked.
- Many college students hope to land an intern position at a big firm.
- The intern took notes during the meeting and prepared a summary for her supervisor.
Exemplos para aprendentes
- I am an intern at a big company in the city.
- The intern answers phones and helps with emails.
- Our office has two new interns this month.
- She wants to be an intern at a hospital next year.
- The boss asked the intern to make copies.
Verbo
B2
action
2
work as an intern somewhere
To work in a place as an intern, usually for a short time, to learn and get experience.
Padrão de uso:
[someone] interns at/for [a company/organization]
Erro comum:
Learners sometimes say “I do an intern” instead of “I do an internship” or “I intern.” Use “intern” as a verb (“I interned at a bank”) or use the noun “internship” for the period of work (“I did an internship at a bank”).
Sinónimos
apprentice (Can be used as a verb but is less common in modern business contexts and often suggests trade or craft training.)
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train (Very general; does not specifically mean working in an intern role inside a company.)
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volunteer (Focuses on working without pay; an intern may or may not be paid, and the focus is on learning a profession.)
Antónimos
supervise (Describes having responsibility over others’ work, the opposite role of someone interning under supervision.)
Colocações
intern at a law firm
|intern at a hospital
|intern abroad
|intern over the summer
|plan to intern
|intern for a year
Temas
work
|education
|business
Exemplos
- She plans to intern at a law firm next summer.
- He interned at a major bank before graduating from university.
- Many students choose to intern abroad to gain international experience.
- I’m interning at a small design studio this semester.
- They require all business majors to intern for at least one semester.
Exemplos para aprendentes
- Next year I want to intern at a large hotel.
- She is interning at a newspaper this month.
- He interned at the company before they offered him a job.
- Many students intern during their summer vacation.
- I will intern for a software company in July.
Verbo
formal
C1
action
3
confine people during war/conflict
To keep people, often in war or political trouble, in a camp or special place where they cannot leave freely.
Padrão de uso:
[an authority] interns [people] in/at [a place]
Erro comum:
Learners sometimes use “intern” for any kind of arrest or short-term holding by police. In modern English, this verb is mainly used for long-term, often mass detention in war or political situations, not for everyday arrests.
Sinónimos
detain (More general; used for short or long confinement; “intern” usually implies longer-term, mass or wartime detention.)
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imprison (Focuses on putting someone in prison, often after a trial; “intern” often lacks formal trial and may involve camps rather than prisons.)
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confine (Very general for keeping someone in; “intern” is specific to war or political situations.)
Antónimos
release (Means to set someone free from custody, the direct opposite of interning them.)
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liberate (Often used when freeing people from unjust or mass detention, which is what internment usually is.)
Colocações
intern enemy aliens
|intern political opponents
|intern without trial
|intern in camps
|intern large numbers of civilians
|intern refugees
Temas
law
|war
|politics
Exemplos
- During the war, the government interned thousands of foreign nationals.
- The regime has been accused of interning political dissidents without trial.
- Civilians were interned in remote camps far from the cities.
- Authorities decided to intern all enemy sailors captured in the harbor.
- Historians continue to debate the decision to intern an entire community on security grounds.
Exemplos para aprendentes
- The government interned many people during the war.
- They were interned in a camp for several years.
- The army interned all enemy soldiers in a special area.
- Many families were interned without a fair trial.
- After the conflict, the country stopped interning civilians.
Nome
technical
C1
entity
4
first-year hospital doctor
A new doctor who has finished medical school and is working in a hospital in the first year of training under supervision.
Padrão de uso:
[someone] works as a medical intern at [a hospital]
Erro comum:
Learners may think every intern is a doctor because of medical TV shows. In everyday English, “intern” usually means any trainee worker; only in medical contexts does it specifically mean a first-year doctor.
Sinónimos
junior doctor (Common in British English for early-career doctors; not limited to the exact first year like “intern” often is.)
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resident (In North America, a doctor in postgraduate training; sometimes includes or follows the intern year depending on the system.)
Antónimos
attending physician (A fully qualified hospital doctor who supervises interns and residents.)
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consultant (Term mainly in British and some other Englishes for a senior hospital specialist, the opposite end of the training scale from an intern.)
Colocações
medical intern
|first-year intern
|surgical intern
|hospital intern
|intern year
|intern rotation
Temas
medicine
|work
|education
|health
Exemplos
- The medical intern worked a thirty-hour shift in the emergency department.
- As an intern, she rotates through surgery, pediatrics, and internal medicine.
- The senior surgeon asked the intern to close the incision.
- Hospital interns often have very heavy workloads during their first year.
- He completed his intern year at a large teaching hospital in Chicago.
Exemplos para aprendentes
- The medical intern checked the patient’s blood pressure.
- Interns at this hospital work very long hours.
- She is a first-year intern in the cardiology department.
- The doctor and the intern entered the room together.
- After one year as an intern, he will become a resident.
Gramática
Forma de dicionário
intern
IPA
GB/ˈɪntɚn/
US/ˈɪntɚn/
Sílabas e acento
in - tern (2 sílabas)
Stress on 1st syllable (in)
Formas da palavra
Noun
- Base: intern
- Plural: interns
Verb
- Base: intern
- 3rd Person Singular: interns
- Present Participle: interning
- Past: interned
Família de palavras
Forms
interns
noun
interning
verb
interned
verb
Core family
internship
noun B2
Expressões
intern at
1/ˈɪntɚn ˈæt/
fixed phrase
work as intern at someplace
To work as an intern in a named company or organization.
Exemplos
- She hopes to intern at a major international law firm.
- He is interning at a local start-up this semester.
- Many students dream of interning at global companies like Google or Apple.
paid intern
1/pˈeɪd ˈɪntɚn/
fixed phrase
intern who is paid
An intern who works for a company and gets money for the work.
Exemplos
- He was lucky to find a position as a paid intern at a big tech company.
- The organization offers a small stipend to all paid interns.
- Many students prefer to be paid interns because living costs are high.
summer intern
1/sˈʌmɚ ˈɪntɚn/
fixed phrase
intern working only in summer
A student or trainee who works for a company only during the summer months to get experience.
Exemplos
- She got a job as a summer intern at an advertising agency.
- The company hires dozens of summer interns from top universities every year.
- As a summer intern, he helped with small projects and learned how the team worked.
unpaid intern
1/ʌnpˈeɪd ˈɪntɚn/
fixed phrase
intern who is not paid
An intern who works for a company but does not get money for the work.
Exemplos
- She worked as an unpaid intern at a fashion magazine to build her portfolio.
- Many unpaid interns hope the experience will lead to a paid job later.
- The company faced criticism for relying heavily on unpaid interns.