Interview

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Interview \In"ter*view\, n. [F. entrevue, fr. entrevoir to see
     imperfectly, to have a glimpse of, s'entrevoir to visit each
     other. See {Inter-}, and {View}.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. 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.
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     2. A conversation, or questioning, for the purpose of
        eliciting information for publication; the published
        statement so elicited.
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     Note: A recent use, originating in American newspapers, but
           apparently becoming general.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Interview \In"ter*view\, v. t.
     To have an interview with; to question or converse with,
     especially for the purpose of obtaining information for
     publication. [Recent]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  interview
       n 1: the questioning of a person (or a conversation in which
            information is elicited); often conducted by
            journalists; "my interviews with teen-agers revealed a
            weakening of religious bonds"
       2: a conference (usually with someone important); "he had a
          consultation with the judge"; "he requested an audience
          with the king" [syn: {consultation}, {audience}]
       v 1: conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio
            reporting [syn: {question}]
       2: discuss formally with (somebody) for the purpose of an
          evaluation; "We interviewed the job candidates"
       3: go for an interview in the hope of being hired; "The job
          candidate interviewed everywhere"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  74 Moby Thesaurus words for "interview":
     appointment, appraisal, appraise, arrangement, assessment,
     attention, audience, audition, bargaining, bargaining session,
     blind date, bugging, catechize, check out, conclave, confab,
     confabulation, conference, confrontation, congress, consultation,
     convention, conversation, council, council fire, council of war,
     date, discussion, double date, ear, eavesdropping,
     electronic surveillance, engagement, engagement book, evaluate,
     evaluation, examine, exchange of views,
     eyeball-to-eyeball encounter, favorable attention, hearing,
     high-level talk, huddle, interchange of views, interrogate,
     listening, listening in, meeting, negotiations, news conference,
     palaver, parley, pourparler, powwow, press conference, pump, query,
     question, quiz, seance, session, sitting, sound out, summit,
     summit conference, summitry, talk, talk to, test, tryout, vet,
     vetting, wiretapping, worm out of