interning

3 definitions • 3 examples

present participle of

to put someone in prison for political or military reasons, especially during a war:

Many foreigners were interned for the duration of the war.

to work for a company or organization for a period of time, sometimes without pay, in order to get experience of a particular type of work:

He moved away from marketing after he interned at a cereal company.

Melvin, who had interned for a rental-car business in college, became a manager in the company.