intern
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.
[someone] works as an intern at [a company/organization]
- 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.
- 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.
work as an intern somewhere
To work in a place as an intern, usually for a short time, to learn and get experience.
[someone] interns at/for [a company/organization]
- 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.
- 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.
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.
[an authority] interns [people] in/at [a place]
- 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.
- 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.
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.
[someone] works as a medical intern at [a hospital]
- 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.
- 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.
- Base: intern
- Plural: interns
- Base: intern
- 3rd Person Singular: interns
- Present Participle: interning
- Past: interned
intern at
1work as intern at someplace
To work as an intern in a named company or organization.
- 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
1intern who is paid
An intern who works for a company and gets money for the work.
- 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
1intern working only in summer
A student or trainee who works for a company only during the summer months to get experience.
- 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
1intern who is not paid
An intern who works for a company but does not get money for the work.
- 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.