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Intern

Internal.

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Broader term 5

Confine 76% connected

To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Detain 76% connected

To keep back or from; to withhold.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Doctor 76% connected

A teacher; one skilled in a profession, or branch of knowledge learned man.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Physician 76% connected

A person skilled in physic, or the art of healing; one duty authorized to prescribe remedies for, and treat, diseases; a doctor of medicine.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Work 76% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Interne 74% connected

That which is within; the interior.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Interne 74% connected

That which is within; the interior.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Internment 74% connected

Confinement within narrow limits, -- as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Internment 74% connected

Confinement within narrow limits, -- as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 1

Interne 92% connected

That which is within; the interior.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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