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interview is a verb and noun meaning "conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting". It carries 5 recorded senses.
discuss formally with (somebody) for the purpose of an evaluation
“We interviewed the job candidates”
go for an interview in the hope of being hired
“The job candidate interviewed everywhere”
the questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited); often conducted by journalists
“my interviews with teenagers revealed a weakening of religious bonds”
a conference (usually with someone important)
“he had a consultation with the judge”
“he requested an audience with the king”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for interview come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.