interred; interring
: to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb
1
: between : among : in the midst
intercrop
interpenetrate
interstellar
2
: reciprocal
interrelation
: reciprocally
intermarry
3
: located between
interstation
4
: carried on between
international
5
: occurring between
interborough
: intervening
interglacial
6
: shared by, involving, or derived from two or more
interfaith
7
: between the limits of : within
intertropical
8
: existing between
intercommunal
intercompany
Examples of inter in a Sentence
Verb
a burial site where people have been interred for over a thousand years
the soldier was interred with great honors at Arlington National Cemetery
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Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
28 June 2026
After his lie in state honor at the Idaho Capitol and a public funeral in May, Kempthorne was interred at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery in Boise.
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Kevin Fixler
june 26,
Idaho Statesman,
26 June 2026
The hand positions of those interred also differed.
—
Ahmed Shawkat,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
Once a donated cadaver can no longer be used by UCSD, the remains are cremated and scattered or interred in a manner consistent with state law, the university says.
—
Ashley MacKin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 June 2026
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Verb
If not for the hole, Johnson may have remained in relative obscurity in Spring Grove, a graveyard where the city’s historical elite are interred next to people who never made it into the news.
—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
28 June 2026
After his lie in state honor at the Idaho Capitol and a public funeral in May, Kempthorne was interred at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery in Boise.
—
Kevin Fixler
june 26,
Idaho Statesman,
26 June 2026
The hand positions of those interred also differed.
—
Ahmed Shawkat,
CBS News,
24 June 2026
Once a donated cadaver can no longer be used by UCSD, the remains are cremated and scattered or interred in a manner consistent with state law, the university says.
—
Ashley MacKin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 June 2026
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“Inter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inter. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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inter-
2 of 2 prefix1
: between : among : in the midst
interlock
interstellar
2
: reciprocal
interrelate
: reciprocally
interact
3
: located or occurring between
interlining
4
: carried on between
international
5
: shared by or involving two or more
interfaith
Etymology
Verb
from the Latin phrase in terra "in the earth"
Prefix
derived from Latin inter "between, among"
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