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# inter

«inter» in Mova's school dictionary: **To bury a dead person in a grave or tomb** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (inter, inters, interred, interring; formal); prefix «inter-»; also a short name «Inter» (Inter Milan, a football club)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To bury a dead person in a grave or tomb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inter/#m1)

2) (prefix «inter-») Between or among: international (between nations), interact, interval, internet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inter/#m2)

3) (a name) «Inter» is the short name of Inter Milan (Internazionale), an Italian football club. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inter/#m3)

4) In old dialect speech, inter can mean "into". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inter/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In history, church and formal news, someone «was interred» in a cemetery, churchyard or abbey; it is a respectful word for buried. As a prefix «inter-» appears in many school words: international, interview, interrupt, intercity. Phrases: interred in, interred at, inter- (between).

### examples

- The king was interred in Westminster Abbey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inter/#x1)
- Her ashes were interred in the family grave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inter/#x2)
- «Interact» means to act with each other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inter/#x3)
- An international match is a match between nations. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inter/#x4)
- The soldiers were interred in a war cemetery in France. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inter/#x5)
- Inter beat Juventus at the weekend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inter/#x6)

### note

Spelling: double r in «interred», «interring» (stress on -TER). Opposite: «disinter» (dig up), and the noun «interment». Do not confuse with «intern» (a trainee; or to imprison someone in wartime) or «inter-» with «intra-» (within: intranet).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «inter» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inter/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.