interview English · revision 2723

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1514|origins=la videō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈɪn.tə.vjuː/, US /ˈɪn.t̬ɚ.vjuː/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is an alteration, influenced by [[inter-]], of earlier enterview,^(MWU 2024)^(Barnhart 1988) [[bor|frm|entrevue]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[m|frm|s'entrevoir|t=to see each other, have a glimpse of]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from [[m|frm|entre-|t=between]], from Latin inter-, and [[m|fro|voir|t=to see]],^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021) from [[la|vidēre|t=to see]],^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021) from [[ine-pro|*weid-|t=to see]].^(Etymonline) It is literally a viewing between people.^(Cresswell 2021) Modern French interview is from English.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A meeting of persons face to face, especially for a formal conference: 1514.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) The verb, “to have a personal meeting”, is from the 1540s.^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the 16th and 17th centuries the word also meant a mutual view, an inspection, or a glimpse, all now obsolete.^(OED 1989) The journalistic sense, a conversation with someone to obtain statements for publication, is American English from 1869, as is the verb “to interview”.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988) An oral assessment of a candidate for a job or a place in a college is from 1917,^(OED 1989) and formal questioning of a suspect by the police from 1930.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1514 – a face-to-face meeting.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1540s – verb, to meet in person.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1869 – a press interview; verb, to interview.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1917 – a job interview.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1930 – police questioning.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A formal meeting to assess a candidate for a job, place or the like.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # A conversation in which a [[journalist]] or researcher asks someone questions; a published account of it.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A formal questioning by the [[police]].^(OED 1989)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To question someone in an interview.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # To be interviewed for a job.^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[interviewable]]

+ * [[interviewee]]

+ * [[interviewer]]

+ * [[preinterview]]

+ * [[self-interview]]

+ * [[uninterviewed]]

+ * [[reinterview]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[view]]

+ * [[review]]

+ * [[vision]]

+ * [[video]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}