interview

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a formal meeting where someone is asked questions to see if they are right for a job.

   I have a job interview tomorrow morning.

2. 2
   noun

   a meeting where a journalist asks someone questions to publish or broadcast their answers.

   The actor gave an interview about his new film.

3. 3
   verb

   to ask someone questions in a formal meeting, especially to assess them for a job.

   We interviewed five candidates for the position.

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Simplified etymology

Interview, recorded from the early 16th century, was borrowed from French entrevue and literally describes a viewing between people. Entrevue derives from entrevoir, “to glimpse,” and s’entrevoir, “to see each other,” built from entre-, “between,” and voir, “to see,” ultimately from Latin videre.

From Old French entreveue (French entrevue), feminine singular past participle of entrevëoir, from entre- + vëoir (“to see”). Equivalent to inter- + view.

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