Interview Definition
ĭntər-vyo͝o
interviewed, interviewing, interviews
noun
interviews
A meeting of people face to face, as for evaluating a job applicant.
Webster's New World
A meeting in which a person is asked about personal views, activities, etc., as by a newspaper reporter or a pollster.
Webster's New World
A conversation, such as one conducted by a reporter, in which facts or statements are elicited from another.
American Heritage
A published, taped, or filmed account of such a meeting.
Webster's New World
An interviewee.
An actor who was a tough interview.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- audience
- consultation
- case-history
- account
- transcript
- press-conference
- q-and-a
- meeting
- question and answer session
- conference
verb
interviewed, interviewing, interviews
To conduct an interview with.
Webster's New World
To conduct an interview.
Interviewing three applicants today.
Webster's New World
To undergo an interview.
Interviewing with several law firms.
Webster's New World
To ask questions of (somebody); to have an interview.
He interviewed the witness.
The witness was interviewed.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- conference
- communication
- meeting
- hearing
- dialogue
- conversation
- consult
- audition
- audience
- talk
- question
- get something for the record
- hold an inquiry
- consult with
- sound-out
Origin of Interview
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French entrevue from Old French from feminine past participle of entrevoir to see entre- between (from Latin inter- inter–) voir to see (from Latin vidēre weid- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Anglo-Norman entreveue (French: entrevue), feminine singular past participle of entrevëoir, from entre- + vëoir (“to see”).
From Wiktionary
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