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Internship Pronunciation
Internship is pronounced IN-tern-ship, IPA /ˈɪntɝnˌʃɪp/.
IN-tern-ship
US /ˈɪntɝnˌʃɪp/ · UK /ɪnˈtɜːnʃɪp/
Syllables: IN · tern · ship (3 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: A period of supervised work experience, usually short and often unpaid.
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Internship in a Sentence
- She did an internship at a publishing house.
- The internship runs from June to September.
- An internship rarely turns into a job here.
Common Mispronunciations of Internship
Not IN-tern-SHEEP
The ship ending takes the short i of shin and fades to shuhp, with no long ee in it anywhere.
Not in-tern-SHIP
No compound of this shape lifts its final part. Friendship, membership and partnership all keep the weight further forward.
Tip: British dictionaries move the beat inwards, in-TURN-ship, while American ones lead at the front. The noun intern opens loud either way, and the verb to intern a prisoner takes in-TURN.
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