different between interview vs investigate

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

Recorded since circa 1510, a Back-formation from investigation., from Latin invest?g?ti? (“a searching into”), from invest?g?tus, the past participle of investigare, equivalent to in- +? vestigate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?n.?v?s.t?.?e??t]

Verb

investigate (third-person singular simple present investigates, present participle investigating, simple past and past participle investigated)

1. (transitive) To inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information.

2. (transitive) To examine, look into, or scrutinize in order to discover something hidden or secret.

3. (intransitive) To conduct an inquiry or examination.
   • 1903, Jack London, "The Shadow and the Flash,"

     "Why don't you investigate?" he demanded. And investigate I did.

Synonyms

• underseek

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

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

Italian

Verb

investigate

1. second-person plural present indicative of investigare
2. second-person plural imperative of investigare
3. feminine plural of investigato

Latin

Verb

invest?g?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of invest?g?