EGAVE

interview

About 40.22 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. noun Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official or adversarial nature.
  3. noun 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.
    The reporter gave the witness an interview.
  4. noun A formal meeting, in person, for the assessment of a candidate or applicant.
    It was a dreadful interview; I have no hope of getting the job.
  5. noun An audition.
  6. noun A police interrogation of a suspect or party in an investigation.
  7. verb To ask questions of (somebody); to have an interview.
    He interviewed the witness.
  8. verb To be interviewed; to attend an interview.
    She always interviews well.

Similar words

consultation question audience interviewee examination investigation debriefing debrief examine inquiry

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Word family

interviewed interviewing interviews

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