interview
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Italic *n̥ter
Latin inter
Latin inter-der.
Old French entre-
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti
Proto-Italic *widēō
Latin videō
Old French veoir
Old French entreveoir
Old French entreveue
English interview
From Old French entreveue (French entrevue), feminine singular past participle of entrevëoir, from entre- + vëoir (“to see”). Equivalent to inter- + view.
Base: view
Affixes: inter-
Inflected forms:
form: interviews
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: interviews
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: interviewing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: interviewed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: interviewed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: 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.
gloss: Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official or adversarial nature.
pos: noun
examples: (Aaron Burr narrating): It was at about this time that I learned exactly what it was that Hamilton had said of me, and knew that this world was far too narrow a place to contain the two of us. Hamilton's friend made one further attempt to get him off the hook but only further impaled the slanderer by remarking that should Colonel Burr wish to enquire of any other conversation of Hamilton concerning Burr, a prompt and frank avowal or denial would be given. This was too much. I told Van Ness to set a time and place for an interview [referring to a duel with pistols].
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
examples: The reporter gave the witness an interview.
He has a job interview on Saturday.
gloss: A formal meeting, in person, for the assessment of a candidate or applicant.
pos: noun
examples: It was a dreadful interview; I have no hope of getting the job.
gloss: An audition.
pos: noun
gloss: A police interrogation of a suspect or party in an investigation.
pos: noun
gloss: To ask questions of (somebody); to have an interview.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He interviewed the witness.
A very famous journalist interviewed him.
The witness was interviewed.
Professor Solanka paused and turned to face the lounging goddess of the threshold, who proceeded, unnervingly, to interview him.
gloss: To be interviewed; to attend an interview.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: She always interviews well.
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.
Derived words: exit interview
interview under caution
interview-worthy
job interview
midinterview
noninterview
postinterview
pre-interview
preinterview
self-interview
teleinterview
interviewable
interviewee
interviewer
reinterview
uninterviewed
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