Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures.

*, II.2.4:

To be present at an interview , as that famous of Henry the Eighth and Francis the First, so much renowned all over Europe […], no age ever saw the like.

Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official nature.

A conversation in person (or, by extension, over the telephone, Internet etc.) between a journalist and someone whose opinion or statements he or she wishes to record for publication, broadcast etc.

The reporter gave the witness an interview .

A formal meeting, in person, for the assessment of a candidate or applicant.

It was a dreadful interview ; I have no hope of getting the job.

A police interrogation of a suspect or party in an investigation.

Noun

(en noun)

A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.

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In a dramatic or literary presentation, the verbal parts of the script or text; the verbalizations of the actors or characters.

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A literary form, where the presentation resembles a conversation.

* 1475 , Higden's Polychronicon :

Seynte Aldelme returnyde to Briteyne..makenge mony noble bookes ... of the rewles of feete metricalle, of metaplasmus, of dialog metricalle.

(computing) A dialog box.

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