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# internment

«internment» in Mova's school dictionary: **Keeping people locked up or held in a place, often during…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (internment — usually uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Keeping people locked up or held in a place, often during a war, without a normal trial. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/internment/#m1)

2) The place or time when people are held in this way (an internment camp). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/internment/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Mostly in history lessons: in wars, some governments held people from enemy countries in internment camps. It is a serious, sad word about people losing their freedom unfairly. Phrases: internment camp, wartime internment, held in internment.

### examples

- During the war, many families were sent to internment camps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/internment/#x1)
- Internment means being held without a fair trial. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/internment/#x2)
- The museum tells the story of the internment of local fishermen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/internment/#x3)
- Her grandfather wrote a diary about his internment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/internment/#x4)
- Many people now say the internment was unfair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/internment/#x5)
- Internment is different from prison after a court case. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/internment/#x6)

### note

Usually uncountable. Verb: intern (to hold someone this way). Do not confuse with "internship" (a work-learning job) or "interment" (one n, a formal word for burial). Spelling: intern-ment, with n before m.

### Trees and pragmatics

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