inter|locu|tor / I ntə r lɒ kjʊtə r / (interlocutors )
1 N‑COUNT [oft poss N ] Your interlocutor is the person with whom you are having a conversation. [FORMAL ] □ Owen had the habit of staring motionlessly at his interlocutor.
2 N‑COUNT If a person or organization has a role as an interlocutor in talks or negotiations, they take part or act as a representative in them. [FORMAL ] □ He was a key interlocutor between his corporate clients and the market.
inter|lop|er / I ntə r loʊpə r / (interlopers ) N‑COUNT If you describe someone as an interloper , you mean that they have come into a situation or a place where they are not wanted or do not belong. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ She had no wish to share her father with any outsider and regarded us as interlopers.
inter|lude / I ntə r luːd/ (interludes ) N‑COUNT An interlude is a short period of time when an activity or situation stops and something else happens. □ Superb musical interludes were provided by Sinclair.
inter|mar|riage / I ntə r mæ r I dʒ/ N‑UNCOUNT Intermarriage is marriage between people from different social, racial, or religious groups. □ [+ between ] …intermarriage between members of the old and new ruling classes.
inter|mar|ry / I ntə r mæ ri/ (intermarries , intermarrying , intermarried ) VERB When people from different social, racial, or religious groups intermarry , they marry each other. You can also say that one group intermarries with another group. □ [V ] They were allowed to intermarry. □ [V + with ] Some of the traders settled and intermarried with local women.
inter|medi|ary / I ntə r miː diəri/ (intermediaries ) N‑COUNT An intermediary is a person who passes messages or proposals between two people or groups. □ She wanted him to act as an intermediary in the dispute with Moscow.
inter|medi|ate / I ntə r miː diət/ (intermediates )
1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] An intermediate stage, level, or position is one that occurs between two other stages, levels, or positions. □ You should consider breaking the journey with intermediate stopovers at airport hotels.
2 ADJ Intermediate learners of something have some knowledge or skill but are not yet advanced. □ The Badminton Club holds coaching sessions for beginners and intermediate players on Friday evenings. ● N‑COUNT An intermediate is an intermediate learner. □ The ski school coaches beginners, intermediates, and advanced skiers.
in|ter|ment / I ntɜː r mənt/ (interments ) N‑VAR The interment of a dead person is their burial. [FORMAL ]
in|ter|mi|nable / I ntɜː r m I nəb ə l/ ADJ If you describe something as interminable , you are emphasizing that it continues for a very long time and indicating that you wish it was shorter or would stop. [EMPHASIS ] □ …an interminable meeting. ● in|ter|mi|nably ADV [usu ADV after v] □ He talked to me interminably about his first wife.
inter|min|gle / I ntə r m I ŋg ə l/ (intermingles , intermingling , intermingled ) VERB When people or things intermingle , they mix with each other. [FORMAL ] □ [V ] This allows the two cultures to intermingle without losing their separate identities. □ [V + with ] …an opportunity for them to intermingle with the citizens of other countries. ● inter|min|gled ADJ [usu v-link ADJ ] □ The ethnic populations are so intermingled that there's bound to be conflict.
inter|mis|sion / I ntə r m I ʃ ə n/ (intermissions ) N‑COUNT An intermission is a short break between two parts of a film, concert, or show. □ [+ of ] …during the intermission of the musical 'Steppin' Out'. ● N‑VAR In American English, you can also use intermission to refer to a short break between two parts of a game, or say that something happens at, after, or during intermission . □ Fraser did not perform until after intermission.
inter|mit|tent / I ntə r m I t ə nt/ ADJ Something that is intermittent happens occasionally rather than continuously. □ After three hours of intermittent rain, the game was abandoned. ● inter|mit|tent|ly ADV [usu ADV with v] □ The talks went on intermittently for three years.
in|tern (interns , interning , interned ) The verb is pronounced / I ntɜː r n/. The noun is pronounced / I ntɜː r n/. 1 VERB [usu passive] If someone is interned , they are put in prison or in a prison camp for political reasons. □ [be V -ed] He was interned as an enemy alien at the outbreak of the Second World War.
2 N‑COUNT An intern is an advanced student or a recent graduate, especially in medicine, who is being given practical training under supervision. [AM ]
in|ter|nal ◆◇◇ / I ntɜː r n ə l/
1 ADJ [ADJ n] Internal is used to describe things that exist or happen inside a country or organization. □ The country stepped up internal security. □ We now have a Europe without internal borders. ● in|ter|nal|ly ADV □ The state is not a unified and internally coherent entity.
2 ADJ [ADJ n] Internal is used to describe things that exist or happen inside a particular person, object, or place. □ …massive internal bleeding. □ Some of the internal walls of my house are made of plasterboard. ● in|ter|nal|ly ADV [usu ADV with v, ADV adj] □ Evening primrose oil is used on the skin as well as taken internally. SYNONYMS internal ADJ 2