interview

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A formal meeting in person, especially one arranged for the assessment of the qualifications of an applicant.
2. n. A conversation, such as one conducted by a reporter, in which facts or statements are elicited from another.
3. n. An account or a reproduction of such a conversation.
4. n. Informal An interviewee: "I had been warned that [he] was a tough interview—that he doled out flip answers ... to questions he was tired of being asked” ( David Roberts).
5. v. To obtain an interview from.
6. v. To have an interview: interviewed with a publishing company.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A meeting of persons face to face; usually, a formal meeting for conference.
2. n. In journalism: A conversation or colloquy held with a person whose views or statements are sought for the purpose of publishing them.
3. n. A report of such a conversation.
4. To have an interview with; visit as an interviewer, usually with the purpose of publishing what is said.
5. To hold an interview; converse or confer together.

Wiktionary

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

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A mutual sight or view; a meeting face to face; usually, a formal or official meeting for consultation; a conference.
2. n. A conversation, or questioning, for the purpose of eliciting information for publication; the published statement so elicited.
3. v. Recent To have an interview with; to question or converse with, especially for the purpose of obtaining information for publication.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a conference (usually with someone important)
2. v. conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting
3. n. the questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited); often conducted by journalists
4. v. discuss formally with (somebody) for the purpose of an evaluation
5. v. go for an interview in the hope of being hired