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internment

in·tern·ment
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [in-turn-muh nt]
    • /ɪnˈtɜrn mənt/
    • /ɪnˈtɜːn.mənt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [in-turn-muh nt]
    • /ɪnˈtɜrn mənt/

Definitions of internment word

  • noun internment an act or instance of interning. 1
  • noun internment the state of being interned; confinement. 1
  • noun internment Confinement within narrow limits, as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country. 1
  • noun internment confinement 1
  • uncountable noun internment Internment is the practice of putting people in prison for political reasons. 0
  • noun internment the act of interning or state of being interned, esp of enemy citizens in wartime or of terrorism suspects 0

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Origin of internment

First appearance:

before 1865
One of the 28% newest English words
First recorded in 1865-70; intern1 + -ment

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Internment

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

internment popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

internment usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for internment

noun internment

  • bondage — Bondage is the condition of being someone's property and having to work for them.
  • imprisonment — to confine in or as if in a prison.
  • slavery — the condition of a slave; bondage.
  • incarceration — the act of incarcerating, or putting in prison or another enclosure: The incarceration rate has increased dramatically.
  • confinement — Confinement is the state of being forced to stay in a prison or another place which you cannot leave.

Antonyms for internment

noun internment

  • liberty — freedom from arbitrary or despotic government or control.
  • liberation — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
  • independence — a city in W Missouri: starting point of the Santa Fe and Oregon trails.
  • freedom — the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint: He won his freedom after a retrial.
  • license — formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.

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