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Antonyms for interview

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : in-ter-vyoo
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪn tərˌvyu

Definition of interview

Origin :
  • 1510s, "face-to-face meeting, formal conference," from Middle French entrevue, verbal noun from s'entrevoir "to see each other, visit each other briefly, have a glimpse of," from entre- "between" (see inter-) + Old French voir "to see" (from Latin videre; see vision). Modern French interview is from English. Journalistic sense is first attested 1869 in American English.
  • The 'interview,' as at present managed, is generally the joint product of some humbug of a hack politician and another humbug of a newspaper reporter. ["The Nation," Jan. 28, 1869]
  • noun questioning and evaluation
  • verb ask questions and evaluate
Example sentences :
  • For some time after the interview with his father, Paralus remained very wakeful.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • I summoned him to an interview, and informed him in decided terms that I must be master in my own ship.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • The superintendent would have refused an interview but for one consideration.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • How I closed the argument—the conversation and the interview—and escaped from her, I know not.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • The interview with the Sultan was the last, and was interesting and characteristic.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • His sole business was to take the girl away when the interview should be ended.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • But after an interview with Harris he swallowed this wrath as best he might.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • There had been no passion in the interview, and there was none in the touch of his hand.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • To end the interview, she turned over and lay with her face to the wall.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • He turned again to his letters, and I understood that the interview was closed.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

Synonyms for interview

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