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[edit] Etymology

From Anglo-Norman entreveue (French: entrevue), from entreveer (entre- "inter-" + veeir "to see").

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  • (UK) IPA: /ˈɪntəvjuː/
  • (US) IPA: /ˌɪntɚˈvjuː/, SAMPA: /%Int@`"vju:/

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interview (plural interviews)

  1. (obsolete) An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures. [16th-19th c.]
    • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.2.4:
      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.
  2. Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official nature. [from 17th c.]
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. A police interrogation of a suspect or party in an investigation. [from 20th c.]

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interview (third-person singular simple present interviews, present participle interviewing, simple past and past participle interviewed)

  1. To obtain an interview with someone; and to have an interview.
    He interviewed the witness.
    The witness was interviewed.

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  • IPA: /ˈɪntərˌvju/

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interview n. (plural interviews, diminutive interviewtje)

  1. interview (3, 4)

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interview

  1. first-person singular present indicative of interviewen.
  2. imperative of interviewen.

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interview m. (plural interviews)

  1. interview (by a journalist)

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