Meaning of interview | Babel Free

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1. An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures.
   obsolete
2. Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official or adversarial nature.
3. To obtain an interview from.
4. 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.
5. To have an interview: interviewed with a publishing company.
6. A formal meeting, in person, for the assessment of a candidate or applicant.
7. a formal meeting and discussion with someone, eg a person applying for a job, or a person with information to broadcast on radio or television. onderhoud مُقابَلَه интервю entrevista pohovor; interview das Interview interview συνέντευξηentrevista usutlus مصاحبه haastattelu entrevue, interview רֵאָיוֹן भेंट intervju beszélgetés, interjú wawancara viðtal colloquio; intervista 面接 인터뷰, 면담 interviu, pokalbis intervija; [] tikšanās/saruna temuduga interviewintervjuwywiad مصاحبه entrevista interviu ...
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8. An audition.
9. to question (a person) in an interview. They interviewed seven people for the job; He was interviewed by reporters about his policies. onderhoud voer يُقابِل интервюирам entrevistar mít rozhovor, interview interviewen interviewe παίρνω συνέντευξηentrevistar usutlema مصاحبه کردن haastatella interviewer לְרַאייֵן इंटरव्यू लेना intervjuirati (el)beszélget vkivel, meginterjúvol vkit mewawancarai eiga viðtal við intervistare 面接する 인터뷰하다, 면담하다 kalbėtis (su), imti interviu intervēt menemuduga intervi...
10. A police interrogation of a suspect or party in an investigation.
11. onderhoudvoerder مُقابِل، مُجري المُقابَلَه човек, който провежда интервю entrevistador tazatel, -ka der/die Interviewer(in) interviewer αυτός που παίρνει συνέντευξη entrevistador usutleja مصاحبه کننده haastattelija intervieweur/-euse מראיין साक्षातकर्ता onaj tko intervjuira aki beszélgetést folytat (vkivel), interjúvoló pewawancara spyrill; fréttamaður intervistatore, intervistatrice 面接者 면접관 pokalbio vedėjas intervētājs penemu duga interviewerintervjuerprzeprowadzający wywiad مصاحبه كوونكى e...
12. entrevista.
13. A formal meeting in person, especially one arranged for the assessment of the qualifications of an applicant.
14. A conversation, such as one conducted by a reporter, in which facts or statements are elicited from another.
15. Informal An interviewee: an actor who was a tough interview.
    Informal
16. (Broadcasting) a conversation with or questioning of a person, usually conducted for television, radio, or a newspaper

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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.”

“(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].”

“The reporter gave the witness an interview.”

“He has a job interview on Saturday.”

“It was a dreadful interview; I have no hope of getting the job.”

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