interview
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
interview (plural interviews)
- (obsolete) An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures. [16th-19th c.]
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970 ↗, partition II, section 2, member 4:
- To be present at an interview, as that famous of Henry the Eighth and Francis the First, so much renowned all over Europe […], no age ever saw the like.
- Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official nature. [from 17th c.]
- A conversation in person (or, by extension, over the telephone, Internet etc.) between a journalist and someone whose opinion or statements he or she wishes to record for publication, broadcast etc. [from 19th c.]
- The reporter gave the witness an interview.
- A formal meeting, in person, for the assessment of a candidate or applicant. [from 20th c.]
- It was a dreadful interview; I have no hope of getting the job.
- An audition.
- A police interrogation of a suspect or party in an investigation. [from 20th c.]
- French: interview, entretien
- German: Interview
- Italian: intervista
- Portuguese: entrevista
- Russian: интервью́
- Spanish: entrevista
- French: entretien, entrevue, entretien d'embauche
- German: Vorstellungsgespräch, Interview
- Italian: colloquio
- Portuguese: entrevista
- Russian: собесе́дование
- Spanish: entrevista
interview (interviews, present participle interviewing; past and past participle interviewed)
- To ask questions of (somebody); to have an interview.
- He interviewed the witness.
- The witness was interviewed.
- To be interviewed; to attend an interview.
- 2000, U.S. News and World Report: Volume 129, Issues 18-25
- When she interviewed with Microsoft in August, she overlooked a small cut in salary and asked about long-term career opportunities — and quality of life.
- 2000, U.S. News and World Report: Volume 129, Issues 18-25
- French: avoir une entrevue, interroger (especially by the police)
- German: interviewen
- Italian: intervistare
- Portuguese: entrevistar
- Russian: интервьюи́ровать
- Spanish: entrevistar
- Spanish: ser entrevistado
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