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/ˈɪntərvjˌu/ /ˈɪnərvjˌu/ Listen

noun

Interview n.

A mutual sight or view; a meeting face to face; usually, a formal or official meeting for consultation; a conference; as, the secretary had an interview with the President.

A conversation, or questioning, for the purpose of eliciting information for publication; the published statement so elicited. Note: A recent use, originating in American newspapers, but apparently becoming general.

verb

Interview v. t. To have an interview with; to question or converse with, especially for the purpose of obtaining information for publication. (Recent)

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Etymology of 'Interview'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Interview" Quotes from Famous Books

... than six years had passed since the departure of Mrs. Fischer from the county poor-house, but still the place was little changed. Mr. Engler was once more in the office of the institution. This time he was there to interview a stranger concerning the child Edwin. There was still the same strong odor of nicotine in the room, and the furniture and the condition of the walls and the floor still told of much want and wretchedness, ...

— The Poorhouse Waif and His Divine Teacher • Isabel C. Byrum

... after the interview noticed in the last chapter, Lord George Bentinck returned to Welbeck. Some there were who thought him worn by the exertions of the session, and that an unusual pallor had settled upon that mantling and animated countenance. He himself ...

— Lord George Bentinck - A Political Biography • Benjamin Disraeli

... At a subsequent interview Barneveld informed Verreyken that the king's confirmation had been unanimously rejected by the States-General as deficient both in form and substance. He added that the people of the provinces were growing very lukewarm in regard to peace, that Prince ...

— The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-1566 • John Lothrop Motley

... later. Now I have to propose that we all go down to Lakeville to meet your father and mother, and incidentally to have an interview with ...

— Five Hundred Dollars - or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret • Horatio Alger

... dwell on my interview with my mother. She had no doubts about my identity, but drawing me to her, kissed me again and again, as most mothers would do, I suspect, under similar circumstances. She was unwilling to let me go, but at length Aunt Martha, suggesting ...

— Tales of the Sea - And of our Jack Tars • W.H.G. Kingston

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