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interview

[in-ter-vyoo] Example Sentences Origin

in·ter·view

[in-ter-vyoo]
noun
1.
a formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person: a job interview.
2.
a meeting or conversation in which a writer or reporter asks questions of one or more persons from whom material is sought for a newspaper story, television broadcast, etc.
3.
the report of such a conversation or meeting.
verb (used with object)
4.
to have an interview with in order to question, consult, or evaluate: to interview a job applicant; to interview the president.

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to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
verb (used without object)
5.
to have an interview; be interviewed (sometimes followed by with): She interviewed with eight companies before accepting a job.
6.
to give or conduct an interview: to interview to fill job openings.

Origin:
1505–15; inter- + view; replacing enterview < Middle French entrevue, noun use of feminine of entrevu, past participle of entrevoir to glimpse

in·ter·view·a·ble, adjective
pre·in·ter·view, noun, verb (used with object)
qua·si-in·ter·viewed, adjective
re·in·ter·view, noun, verb (used with object)
self-in·ter·view, noun
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un·in·ter·viewed, adjective
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Example Sentences
  • One of the doctoral students in my department landed an interview that was to occur when she would be about seven months along.
  • Interview two people with different perspectives on the same event.
  • Two more elements in this situation have thus far been ignored in the interview and all the comments.
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interview (ˈɪntəˌvjuː)
 
n
1.  a conversation with or questioning of a person, usually conducted for television, radio, or a newspaper
2.  a formal discussion, esp one in which an employer assesses an applicant for a job
 
vb
3.  to conduct an interview with (someone)
4.  (intr) to be interviewed, esp for a job: he interviewed well and was given the position
 
[C16: from Old French entrevue; see inter-, view]
 
interview'ee
 
n
 
'interviewer
 
n

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Word Origin & History

interview
1514, "face-to-face meeting, formal conference," from M.Fr. entrevue, verbal noun from s'entrevoir "to see each other, visit each other briefly, have a glimpse of," from entre- "between" (from L. inter-) + O.Fr. voir "to see" (from L. videre; see vision). Modern Fr. interview
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is from Eng. Journalistic sense is first attested 1869 in Amer.Eng.
"The 'interview,' as at present managed, is generally the joint product of some humbug of a hack politician and another humbug of a newspaper reporter." ["The Nation," Jan. 28, 1869]
The verb meaning "to have a personal meeting" is from 1548.
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