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to reinterview

to reinterview

4 4.2
To talk to someone again to ask questions and check details
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈɪntərvjuː/
translation icon : reentrevistar
  • The same children were reinterviewed 2 years later, in the spring of 2003 (Wave 2), when they were in the third (n = 39), fifth (n = 37), and seventh (n = 39) grades.

And I've talked to multiple people that I it might be the move to reinterview you.

Examples

  • At Wave 7, 77% (n = 628) of the original sample were reinterviewed when the oldest cohort was 22 to 24 years old.

    Academic text (2000)
  • A national sample of 4,700 participants was surveyed in 1964, including about 2,000 cigarette smokers, and a subsample was reinterviewed in 1966.

    Academic text (2011)
  • You said you might reinterview the bus driver.

  • We were able to reinterview 36 of the 44 students in the original sample.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Women in the study were reinterviewed at their seventh prenatal month and again at delivery.

    Academic text (2003)
  • We have not observed any differences in the reliability of those reinterviewed based on sex, age, or ethnicity.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Of the 270 residents who were still alive, 253 consented to be reinterviewed.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Then each week from January until Election Day, YouGov reinterviewed a different subset of 1,000 respondents from among these 44,000.

    Blog text (20)
  • Participants were reinterviewed at 6 months, 2 years, and annually thereafter for 9 years (follow-up rates per wave were 92%-96%).

    Academic text (2011)
  • The detective plans to reinterview the witnesses to gather more details about the case.

Synonyms

to re-examine
vsto reinterview
  • Specialized
6.1

To ask a witness more questions after the other side finishes questioning them

is used generally to clarify details outside formal court procedure

How Often

to reinterview
4 4.2
to follow up
197 3.6
to interview
862 2.7

Surface Forms

reinterview infinitive
reinterviewed past participle
reinterviewing present participle
reinterviews third person singular

Morphology

reinterview = interview (transparent) = re + interview

The meaning is a standard and fully compositional use of 're-' meaning 'again' with the verb 'interview'.

Etymology

The verb reinterview joins re- 'again' with interview, so to reinterview someone is to 'interview again' to clarify answers or collect more details.