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   interview

   /ˈɪntəvjuː/

   noun

   • 1. a meeting of people face to face, especially for consultation.
   • ▪ a conversation between a journalist or radio or television presenter and a person of public interest, used as the basis of a broadcast or publication: "a half-hour interview with the prime minister"
   • ▪ an oral examination of an applicant for a job, college place, etc.: "I am pleased to advise you that you have been selected for interview"
   • ▪ a session of formal questioning of a person by the police.

   verb

   • 1. hold an interview with (someone): "she was interviewed by a reporter from the Daily News"
   • ▪ perform (well or badly) at an interview.

   Word Origin early 16th century (formerly also as enterview): from French entrevue, from s'entrevoir ‘see each other’, from voir ‘to see’, on the pattern of vue ‘a view’.

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