interview

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  1. noun A formal meeting in person, especially one arranged for the assessment of the qualifications of an applicant.
  2. noun A conversation, such as one conducted by a reporter, in which facts or statements are elicited from another.
  3. noun An account or a reproduction of such a conversation.
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  • While the personal introduction includes the girls presenting themselves to the judges, the interview is about the judges asking the girls basic everyday questions. —  The Gazette-Enterprise: News
  • The extraordinary part of this interview is the opportunity to hear
  • The occasion for the interview was a reportedly standing-room-only gig by the Honey Brothers, the glam-rock / Hawaiian ukulele music combo for which Grenier plays drums under the nom de rock Fluffer Honey. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • Along with the interview, CBS and "60 Minutes" were given "veto power" over all other media access to the crew before the interview was aired, said James Ray, a spokesman for US Airways 'pilots union. —  - Latest Popular Stories, Instablogs Community
  • Warren has said his focus for the interview will be about the issues that compelled him to create the P.E.A.C.E. Plan for global outreach. —  Church Central News
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  1. French entrevue, from Old French, from feminine past participle of entrevoir, to see : entre-, between (from Latin inter-; see inter-) + voir, to see (from Latin vidēre; see weid- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. Early modern English enterview; from Old French entrevue, French entrevue, interview, meeting, from entrevoir, reflexive, meet, visit, from entre, between, + voir, see, later vue, view, sight: see view.
  2. Early modern English entervieu, enterveu; from interview, n.
 

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