Past tense of intern

Forms of intern

Interned in a sentence

• The US government interned thousands of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
• That description was of a camp at the Tanforan Racetrack near San Francisco, one of several centers in California where Japanese and Japanese-American residents (Issei and Nisei) were held before being interned in areas remote from the West Coast.1989 October 15, Vivien Raynor, “Interned Artists, Devoid of Grievance”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
• Some were interned as Communists, or as immigrants, who wore the blue badge.2011, Esi Edugyan, Half-Blood Blues, Toronto: HarperCollins, published 2013, Part 2, pp. 49-50. From the entry asocial
• “Wow, you interned at The New Yorker.2013, Iris Smyles, Iris Has Free Time, Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, →ISBN, page 7. From the entry been there, done that
• Women and sick men have not been interned.1940 August 16, “France Interns Britishers”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, page 2. From the entry Britisher

Meaning of intern

1. noun A person who is interned, forcibly or voluntarily.
2. verb To imprison somebody, usually without trial.
3. verb To confine or hold (foreign military personnel who stray into the state's territory) within prescribed limits during wartime.

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Questions about the past tense of intern

What is the past tense of intern?

The past tense of intern is interned.

What is the past participle of intern?

The past participle of intern is interned.

Is intern a regular or irregular verb?

Intern is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.