n.
- a conversation between a journalist or broadcaster and a person of public interest.
- an oral examination of an applicant for a job or college place.
▸a session of formal questioning of a person by the police.
v.
hold an interview with.
Derivative
- interviewee n.
- interviewer n.
Etymology
C16 (formerly also as enterview): from Fr. entrevue, from s'entrevoir ‘see each other’, from voir ‘to see’, on the pattern of vue ‘a view’.