different between interview vs doorstep

English

Etymology

From Old French entreveue (French entrevue), feminine singular past participle of entrevëoir, from entre- + vëoir (“to see”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??nt?vju?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??nt?vju?/

Noun

interview (plural interviews)

1. (obsolete) An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures. [16th-19th c.]
2. Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official nature. [from 17th c.]
3. 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. [from 19th c.]

4. A formal meeting, in person, for the assessment of a candidate or applicant. [from 20th c.]

5. An audition.
6. A police interrogation of a suspect or party in an investigation. [from 20th c.]

Derived terms

• exit interview
• job interview

Descendants

• ? Esperanto: intervjuo
• ? French: interview
• ? German: Interview
• Italian: intervista
• ? Japanese: ??????
• ? Korean: ??? (inteobyu)
• Lithuanian: interviu
• ? Malay: interviu
• Portuguese: entrevista
• Romanian: interviu
• ? Russian: ????????? (interv?jú)
• Spanish: entrevista

Translations

Verb

interview (third-person singular simple present interviews, present participle interviewing, simple past and past participle interviewed)

1. (transitive) To ask questions of (somebody); to have an interview.

   He interviewed the witness.

   The witness was interviewed.

2. (intransitive) 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

• interviewee
• interviewer

Translations

References

• interview in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• interview in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Further reading

• Interview on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• interview on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Noun

interview n

1. interview (conversation intended for recording statements for publication)

Related terms

• See vize

Further reading

• interview in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• interview in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English interview.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nt?r?vju/

Noun

interview n (plural interviews, diminutive interviewtje n)

1. interview (conversation intended for recording statements for publication)

Verb

interview

1. first-person singular present indicative of interviewen
2. imperative of interviewen

Related terms

• interviewen
• herinterviewen
• interviewer
• interviewster
• geïnterviewde

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.t??.vju/, /in.t??.vju/

Noun

interview f (plural interviews)

1. interview (by a journalist)

Derived terms

• interviewer

Related terms

• entrevue

Further reading

• “interview” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From door +? step.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?p

Noun

doorstep (plural doorsteps)

1. An outside step leading up to the door of a building, usually a home.

2. (figuratively) One's immediate neighbourhood or locality.

3. (Britain, informal) A big slice, especially of bread.
   • 2003, Diana Wynne Jones, The Merlin Conspiracy, P 241 ?ISBN

     I cut myself a doorstep of bread with masses of butter and went along to see Romanov while I was eating it.

Translations

Verb

doorstep (third-person singular simple present doorsteps, present participle doorstepping, simple past and past participle doorstepped)

1. (intransitive) To visit one household after another to solicit sales, charitable donations, political support, etc.
2. (transitive, journalism) To corner somebody for an unexpected interview.

See also

• ambush journalism

Anagrams

• droopest, optrodes, pet doors, torpedos

Danish

Noun

doorstep

1. (journalism) A short and informal press briefing