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Interview

A mutual sight or view; a meeting face to face; usually, a formal or official meeting for consultation; a conference; as, the secretary had an interview with the President.

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Conference 76% connected

The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Converse 76% connected

To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; -- followed by with.

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Discourse 76% connected

The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Examination 76% connected

The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment.

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Interrogation 76% connected

The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry.

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Interrogatory 76% connected

A formal question or inquiry; esp. (Law), a question asked in writing.

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Interviewer 74% connected

One who interviews; especially, one who obtains an interview with another for the purpose of eliciting his opinions or obtaining information for publ…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Interviewer 74% connected

One who interviews; especially, one who obtains an interview with another for the purpose of eliciting his opinions or obtaining information for publ…

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Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Entails 1

Apply 72% connected

To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records that the source verb entails the related action.

Synonym 3

Audience 92% connected

The act of hearing; attention to sounds.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Consultation 92% connected

The act of consulting or conferring; deliberation of two or more persons on some matter, with a view to a decision.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Question 92% connected

The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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