interview
UK/ˈɪn.tə.vjuː//ˈɪn.(t)ɚ.vju/
interview noun: an official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures.
Noun
interview (plural interviews)
- An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures.
- 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.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...
- Synonyms:
- audience
- Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official or adversarial nature.
- (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...1973, Gore Vidal, Burr, chapter 28
- 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.
- He has a job interview on Saturday.
- 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.
- An audition.
- A police interrogation of a suspect or party in an investigation.
Verb
interview (third-person singular simple present interviews, present participle interviewing, simple past and past participle interviewed)
- To ask questions of (somebody); to have an interview.
- He interviewed the witness.
- A very famous journalist interviewed him.
- To be interviewed; to attend an interview.
- 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.2000, U.S. News and World Report: Volume 129, Issues 18-25
interview meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
interview in Hindi
- conversation with journalist etc.
- साक्षात्कार sākṣātkār, इंटरव्यू iṇṭravyū
- a formal meeting for the assessment of a candidate or applicant
- साक्षात्कार sākṣātkār
interview in Tamil
- conversation with journalist etc.
- பேட்டி pēṭṭi
- a formal meeting for the assessment of a candidate or applicant
- நேர்முகத் தேர்வு nērmukat tērvu
interview in Marathi
- interview
- मुलाखत mulākhat
interview in Urdu
- conversation with journalist etc.
- اِنْٹَرْوْیُو inṭarvyū, مُصاحِبَہ musāhiba
More languagesFewer languages
- interview in Bengali
- সাক্ষাত্কার śakkhatkar
- interview in Telugu
- నెరుచూపు nerucūpu
- interview in Malayalam
- അഭിമുഖസംഭാഷണം, കൂടിക്കാഴ്ച, സമാഗമം, സമാഗതി
- interview in Kannada
- ಭೇಟಿ, ಸಮಾಗಮ, ಸಂದರ್ಶನ, ಪ್ರಶ್ನಿಸಿ ಪರೀಕ್ಷಿಸುವುದು
- interview in Punjabi
- ਇੰਟਰਵਿਊ, ਇੱਕ ਇੰਟਰਵਿਊ, ਇੰਟਰਵਿ
- interview in Gujarati
- ઇન્ટરવ્યૂ, ઇન્ટરવ્યુ, ઈન્ટરવ્યૂ
- interview in Odia
- ସାକ୍ଷାତକାର, ଇଣ୍ଟରଭ୍ଯ଼ୁ
- interview in Nepali
- अन्तरवार्ता antaravārtā
- interview in Tagalog
- pakikipanayam
- interview in Arabic
- مُقَابَلَة muqābala, قَابَلَ qābala
- interview in Malay
- wawancara, temu bual, interviu, temu duga
- interview in Indonesian
- wawancara, temu duga
- interview in Thai
- สัมภาษณ์ sǎm-pâat, การสัมภาษณ์ gaan-sǎm-pâat
- interview in Vietnamese
- cuộc phỏng vấn, bài phỏng vấn, sự gặp gỡ, sự gặp mặt
- interview in Myanmar
- အင်တာဗျူး angtabyu:
Examples of interview in a sentence
- The witness was interviewed.
- I told Van Ness to set a time and place for an interview [referring to a duel with pistols].1973, Gore Vidal, Burr, chapter 28
- Professor Solanka paused and turned to face the lounging goddess of the threshold, who proceeded, unnervingly, to interview him.2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 4:
Synonyms of interview
Forms of interview
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | interviews |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | interviews |
| present participle | interviewing |
| past participle | interviewed |
| past | interviewed |
Origin of interview
From Old French entreveue (French entrevue), feminine singular past participle of entrevëoir, from entre- + vëoir (“to see”). Equivalent to inter- + view.
Words formed from interview
Questions about interview
- What does interview mean?
- Interview means an official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures.
- What is interview in Hindi?
- Interview in Hindi is साक्षात्कार (sākṣātkār), इंटरव्यू (iṇṭravyū). See Interview meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use interview in a sentence?
- The witness was interviewed.
- What part of speech is interview?
- Interview can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce interview?
- Interview is pronounced /ˈɪn.tə.vjuː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of interview?
- The plural of interview is interviews.
Words near interview in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: interview (page history and authors); मुलाखत (Marathi) (page history and authors); interview (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); interview (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); interview (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); interview (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); interview (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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