/ ˈɪntɜːnʃɪp; NAmE -tɜːrn-/ noun ( NAmE )
1.
a period of time during which a student or new graduate gets practical experience in a job, for example during the summer holiday / vacation :
an internship at a television station
—compare placement (2), work experience
2.
a job that an advanced student of medicine, whose training is nearly finished, does in a hospital to get further practical experience