interview

«interview» in Mova's school dictionary: a meeting where someone asks a person questions, for a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

1) An interview is a meeting where someone asks a person questions, for a job, a school place or a news story. tree →

2) To interview someone is to ask them questions to find out about them. tree →

3) A conversation recorded for TV, radio or a newspaper. tree →

sense 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 →
• We interviewed our grandparents about their childhood. tree →
• The footballer gave an interview after the match. tree →
• The police interviewed three witnesses. tree →
• Prepare questions before your interview. tree →
• The TV show interviewed a famous scientist. tree →
• Then the Dragon King interviewed the doctor and blamed him for not curing the Queen. tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• A job interview is a meeting where an employer asks questions to decide whom to hire; several people usually compete for one job.
• In November 2019 Prince Andrew stepped back from public duties after a BBC interview about his friendship with a man convicted of serious crimes.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «interview» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.