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Short "hint"

Someone, especially a student, who works for a short time in a particular job in order to gain experience

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Used as a noun, listen here, it means: Someone, especially a student, who works for a short time in a particular job in order to gain experience. Used as a verb, listen here, it means: to put someone in prison without charging them with a crime, for political reasons or during a war.

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  • In my last year in college, I would like to be an intern in a TV station.
  • Zemzem's other children range in age from 2 to 12, the intern translates as he gently pulls down her gown to cover up her back.
  • The Harlem-born Mount Vernon raised businessman had humble beginnings, first working as a label intern ...
  • Somewhere deep in the West Wing an intern is laughing.
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  • ''intern" is a heteronym, which means you may find it with different pronunciations and different meanings.
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