internship

[ in-turn-ship ]

noun

1. the state or condition of being an intern.
2. the period during which a person serves as an intern.
3. any official or formal program to provide practical experience for beginners in an occupation or profession:

   an internship for management trainees.

4. a position as a participant in such a program:

   She has accepted an internship in a law firm.

5. any period of time during which a beginner acquires experience in an occupation, profession, or pursuit:

   She had a long internship before starting her own recording studio.

ˈinternship

/ ˈɪntɜːnʃɪp /

noun

1. the position of being an intern or the period during which a person is an intern

Word History and Origins

Origin of internship¹

First recorded in 1900–05; intern ¹ + -ship

Example Sentences

In May, Jenna graduated from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, after internships at NBC and VOA.

From Time

Arians, then the Arizona Cardinals’ head coach, created an internship for Leftwich and allowed him input beyond his standing as a low-level assistant.

From Washington Post

Swayed by her work and nudged in part by a nod of approval from Lieberman, he recommended Nichols to then-Wizards front-office executive Tommy Sheppard after Nichols applied for an internship in Washington.

From Washington Post

Paid internships, after-school programs, and courses about video game journalism and game design are a focus of the nonprofit’s advocacy work.

From Washington Post

Adding new workers is key as well, with Mulligan highlighting a new partnership between Guardian Life and the City University of New York to offer digital skills training—with several trainees already in internships at Guardian.

From Fortune

The organization also offers an internship program for college students seeking work experience in the LGBT community.

From The Daily Beast

He was 19, and managed to snag a summer internship with New Line Cinema.

From The Daily Beast

At the end of his internship, the Davis County School District decided to hire him.

From The Daily Beast

As a student she took an internship in New York with Sonia Sotomayor, who would later join the Supreme Court.

From The Daily Beast

Luckily for the Harvard grad, it was his last week at the internship.

From The Daily Beast

I took my internship at the Philadelphia General Hospital, 1953 and 1954.

From Project Gutenberg

I had a year of rotating internship followed by a year of pediatric residency.

From Project Gutenberg

Damn it, do you think I want him fired and sent back to Earth before his internship's up?

From Project Gutenberg

You spent weeks convincing me I ought to carry through with my internship and establish a practice.

From Project Gutenberg

There then followed the regular internship of a young physician and the beginning of practice in Boston.

From Project Gutenberg