interview

Meanings

Noun

• An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures.
• Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official or adversarial nature.
• 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.
• A formal meeting, in person, for the assessment of a candidate or applicant.
• An audition.
• A police interrogation of a suspect or party in an investigation.

Verb

• To ask questions of (somebody); to have an interview.
• To be interviewed; to attend an interview.

Origin

• From Old French entreveue (French entrevue), feminine singular past participle of entrevëoir, from entre- + vëoir.