Meaning & use
Interning
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Working as an intern, gaining supervised practical experience in a profession or field, typically without full pay.
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She spent the summer interning at a local newspaper.
He is interning with a law firm while finishing his degree.
A note on using this word
The same word also has a much graver sense meaning to confine someone, especially during wartime.
Words with a similar meaning
apprenticing
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Another way to use it
2. verb
Confining someone, especially as a prisoner or during wartime.
The government began interning enemy aliens shortly after war broke out.
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