interview
noun (an interview, interviews); verb (interview, interviews, interviewed, interviewing)
Everyday
- An interview is a meeting where someone asks a person questions, for a job, a school place or a news story. tree →
- To interview someone is to ask them questions to find out about them. tree →
- A conversation recorded for TV, radio or a newspaper. tree →
In the lessons
Used in everyday life (job interviews), school (interview a grandparent for history homework), news and police work. Phrases: «a job interview», «give an interview», «interview someone about».
Examples
- Dad has a job interview tomorrow. tree →
- We interviewed our grandparents about their childhood. tree →
- The footballer gave an interview after the match. tree →
- The police interviewed three witnesses. tree →
- Prepare questions before your interview. tree →
- The TV show interviewed a famous scientist. tree →
- Then the Dragon King interviewed the doctor and blamed him for not curing the Queen. tree →
Note
«An interview» (vowel sound). Interviewer = the one asking; interviewee = the one answering.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «interview» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «interview» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/interview/