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recommend | interview |

As a verb recommend

is to bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.

As a noun interview is

interview.

recommend

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
  • The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.
  • To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
  • To advise, propose, counsel favorably
  • The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.
  • (archaic) To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations
  • ''A medieval oblate's parents recommended the boy for life to God and the monastery

    Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . See

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * discourage * disapprove * oppose

    Derived terms

    * recommendable * recommendatory * recommended * recommender

    interview

    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.
  • Derived terms

    * exit interview

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To ask questions of (somebody); to have an interview.
  • He interviewed the witness.
    The witness was interviewed .
  • To be interviewed; to attend an interview.
  • * 2000 , U.S. News and World Report: Volume 129, Issues 18-25
  • When she interviewed with Microsoft in August, she overlooked a small cut in salary and asked about long-term career opportunities — and quality of life.

    Derived terms

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