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# interview

noun (an interview, interviews); verb (interview, interviews, interviewed, interviewing)

«interview» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An interview is a meeting where someone asks a person questions, for a job, a school place or a news story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interview/#m1)
2. To interview someone is to ask them questions to find out about them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interview/#m2)
3. A conversation recorded for TV, radio or a newspaper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interview/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interview/#x1)
- We interviewed our grandparents about their childhood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interview/#x2)
- The footballer gave an interview after the match. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interview/#x3)
- The police interviewed three witnesses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interview/#x4)
- Prepare questions before your interview. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interview/#x5)
- The TV show interviewed a famous scientist. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interview/#x6)
- Then the Dragon King interviewed the doctor and blamed him for not curing the Queen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interview/#x7)

### Note

«An interview» (vowel sound). Interviewer = the one asking; interviewee = the one answering.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «interview» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interview/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«interview» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/interview.html) on Mova free.