interview
• noun 1 an occasion on which a journalist or broadcaster puts a series of questions to a person of public interest. 2 an oral examination of an applicant for a job or college place. 3 a session of formal questioning of a person by the police. • verb hold an interview with. — DERIVATIVES interviewee noun interviewer noun. — ORIGIN French entrevue, from s’entrevoir ‘see each other’.
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