inter
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 →
2) (prefix «inter-») Between or among: international (between nations), interact, interval, internet. tree →
3) (a name) «Inter» is the short name of Inter Milan (Internazionale), an Italian football club. tree →
4) In old dialect speech, inter can mean "into". tree →
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 →
- Her ashes were interred in the family grave. tree →
- «Interact» means to act with each other. tree →
- An international match is a match between nations. tree →
- The soldiers were interred in a war cemetery in France. tree →
- Inter beat Juventus at the weekend. tree →
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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.