2 VERB [usu passive] If you are interviewed for a particular job or course of study, someone asks you questions about yourself to find out if you are suitable for it. □ [be V -ed] When Wardell was interviewed, he was impressive, and on that basis, he was hired.
3 N‑COUNT An interview is a conversation in which a journalist puts questions to someone such as a famous person or politician. □ Allan gave an interview to the Chicago Tribune newspaper last month.
4 VERB When a journalist interviews someone such as a famous person, they ask them a series of questions. □ [V n] I seized the chance to interview Chris Hani about this issue.
5 VERB When the police interview someone, they ask them questions about a crime that has been committed. □ [V n] The police interviewed the driver, but had no evidence to go on.
inter|viewee / I ntə r vjuiː / (interviewees ) N‑COUNT An interviewee is a person who is being interviewed.
inter|view|er / I ntə r vjuə r / (interviewers ) N‑COUNT An interviewer is a person who is asking someone questions at an interview.
inter|weave / I ntə r wiː v/ (interweaves , interweaving , interwove , interwoven ) VERB If two or more things are interwoven or interweave , they are very closely connected or are combined with each other. □ [be V -ed + with ] For these people, land is inextricably interwoven with life itself. □ [V + with ] Complex family relationships interweave with a murder plot in this ambitious new novel. □ [V n] The programme successfully interweaves words and pictures. □ [V ] Social structures are not discrete objects; they overlap and interweave. [Also V n + with ]
inter|web / I ntə r web/ N‑PROPER The interweb is a humorous name for the internet. [HUMOROUS ] □ Do you know much about this interweb thingy?
in|tes|ti|nal / I nte st I n ə l/ ADJ [ADJ n] Intestinal means relating to the intestines. [FORMAL ]
in|tes|tine / I nte st I n/ (intestines ) N‑COUNT Your intestines are the tubes in your body through which food passes when it has left your stomach. □ This area is always tender to the touch if the intestines are not functioning properly.
in|ti|ma|cy / I nt I məsi/
1 N‑UNCOUNT Intimacy between two people is a very close personal relationship between them. □ [+ with ] …a means of achieving intimacy with another person. [Also + between ]
2 N‑UNCOUNT You sometimes use intimacy to refer to sex or a sexual relationship. □ [+ with ] The truth was he did not feel like intimacy with any woman.
in|ti|mate (intimates , intimating , intimated ) The adjective is pronounced / I nt I mət/. The verb is pronounced / I nt I me I t/. 1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you have an intimate friendship with someone, you know them very well and like them a lot. ● in|ti|mate|ly ADV [ADV after v, ADV -ed] □ He did not feel he had got to know them intimately.
2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] If two people are in an intimate relationship, they are involved with each other in a loving or sexual way. □ …their intimate moments with their boyfriends. ● in|ti|mate|ly ADV [ADV after v] □ You have to be willing to get to know yourself and your partner intimately.
3 ADJ [usu ADJ n] An intimate conversation or detail, for example, is very personal and private. □ He wrote about the intimate details of his family life. ● in|ti|mate|ly ADV [ADV after v] □ It was the first time they had attempted to talk intimately.
4 ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you use intimate to describe an occasion or the atmosphere of a place, you like it because it is quiet and pleasant, and seems suitable for close conversations between friends. [APPROVAL ] □ …an intimate candlelit dinner for two.
5 ADJ [usu ADJ n] An intimate connection between ideas or organizations, for example, is a very strong link between them. □ …an intimate connection between madness and wisdom. ● in|ti|mate|ly ADV [ADV after v] □ Property and equities are intimately connected in Hong Kong.
6 ADJ [usu ADJ n] An intimate knowledge of something is a deep and detailed knowledge of it. □ He surprised me with his intimate knowledge of Kierkegaard and Schopenhauer. ● in|ti|mate|ly ADV [usu ADV after v] □ …a golden age of musicians whose work she knew intimately.
7 VERB If you intimate something, you say it in an indirect way. [FORMAL ] □ [V that] He went on to intimate that he was indeed contemplating a shake-up of the company. □ [V + to ] He had intimated to the French and Russians his readiness to come to a settlement. [Also V n]
in|ti|ma|tion / I nt I me I ʃ ə n/ (intimations ) N‑COUNT [N that] An intimation is an indirect suggestion or sign that something is likely to happen or be true. [FORMAL ] □ I did not have any intimation that he was going to resign.
in|timi|date / I nt I m I de I t/ (intimidates , intimidating , intimidated ) VERB If you intimidate someone, you deliberately make them frightened enough to do what you want them to do. □ [V n] Jones had set out to intimidate and dominate Paul. □ [V n + into ] Attempts to intimidate people into voting for the governing party did not work. ● in|timi|da|tion / I nt I m I de I ʃ ə n/ N‑UNCOUNT □ …an inquiry into allegations of intimidation during last week's vote.
in|timi|dat|ed / I nt I m I de I t I d/ ADJ [usu v-link ADJ ] Someone who feels intimidated feels frightened and lacks confidence because of the people they are with or the situation they are in. □ Women can come in here and not feel intimidated.