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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Ian Johnson, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025
The 39 unidentified sets of remains were interred as Unknowns at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2025
Many of history’s earliest pharaohs also chose to be interred there inside a sprawling royal necropolis near Anubis Mountain.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2025
In keeping with his wishes, Herrera will be interred at a later date in Caracas, Venezuela, where he was born.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 18 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Soft Burial’s title comes from the practice of interring someone without a coffin, which in traditional China would happen to the very poor, or after a war or disaster—the sort of catastrophe that befell rural China when land reform became a tool for social revolution and authoritarian control.
—Ian Johnson, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025
The 39 unidentified sets of remains were interred as Unknowns at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2025
Many of history’s earliest pharaohs also chose to be interred there inside a sprawling royal necropolis near Anubis Mountain.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2025
In keeping with his wishes, Herrera will be interred at a later date in Caracas, Venezuela, where he was born.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Inter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inter. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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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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