interns
- 1Plural of intern.
The interns spent their first week shadowing senior staff.
Two interns presented their summer research at the department meeting.
Note
The same spelling does double duty as a verb: a state interns foreign soldiers who stray across its border, meaning it confines them. As a noun, the plural usually means trainees, such as summer interns or medical interns finishing their hospital training. It can also mean people held in confinement, the sense the verb shares. A modifier or the surrounding context usually tells the readings apart.
interns is a form of intern
intern, noun: A student or recent graduate who works in a field in order to gain practical experience in their chosen profession. Full entry
- Forms
- interninterns plural
- Spelling
- intern → interns: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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