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- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
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noun |
| definition 1: |
An interview is when a person such as a news reporter or scientist asks another person a lot of questions in order to get information. News reporters and people on TV often do interviews with famous or important people so that listeners or readers can find out things about that person or about some situation that that person knows about.
In an interview for the TV news, the mayor said that she was doing everything she could about the problem of air pollution in the city. |
| definition 2: |
When someone wants to hire a person for a job, they often do interviews with people who are hoping to get the job. The person who wants to hire someone asks each person a lot of questions to try to find out if they would be good at the job.
The boss did five interviews before he found the right person for the job.Ms. Moore had a good interview at the car company, and they decided to give her the job. |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
interviews, interviewing, interviewed |
| definition: |
If someone interviews another person, they ask them a lot of questions. If someone wants a job, the boss might interview them to see if they are the right person for the job. People on TV often interview people so that the people watching can learn about these people or about what they think or what they know.
The reporter interviewed the scientist to get some information about the new discovery. |
| derivations: |
interviewee (n.), interviewer (n.) |
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