Inter (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

verb (used with object), in·terred, in·ter·ring.
  1. to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
  2. to place (a cremation urn) in an aboveground niche or in a grave or tomb: Her ashes were interred at the crematorium.
  3. to put into the earth.
  4. to forget or remove from consideration; abandon: Your dreams may be interred by social expectations and the demands of maturity.
  1. a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin, where it meant “between,” “among,” “in the midst of,” “mutually,” “reciprocally,” “together,” “during” (intercept; interest); on this model, used in the formation of compound words (intercom; interdepartmental).
abbreviation
  1. intermediate.
  2. interrogation.
  3. interrogative.
verb -ters, -terring or -terred
  1. to place (a body) in the earth; bury, esp with funeral rites
prefix
  1. between or among
  2. together, mutually, or reciprocally
abbreviation for
  1. intermediate
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