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interested

[in-ter-uh-stid, -truh-stid, -tuh-res-tid]

adjective

  1. having an interest in something; concerned.

    Interested members will meet at noon.

  2. having the attention or curiosity engaged.

    an interested spectator.

  3. characterized by a feeling of interest.

  4. influenced by personal or selfish motives.

    an interested witness.

  5. participating; having an interest or share; having money involved.



interested

/ -tərɪs-, ˈɪntrɪstɪd /

adjective

  1. showing or having interest

  2. (usually prenominal) personally involved or implicated

    the interested parties met to discuss the business

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

  • interestedly adverb
  • interestedness noun
  • overinterested adjective
  • overinterestedly adverb
  • overinterestedness noun
  • quasi-interested adjective
  • quasi-interestedly adverb
  • well-interested adjective
  • ˈ¾±²Ô³Ù±ð°ù±ð²õ³Ù±ð»å±ô²â adverb
  • ˈ¾±²Ô³Ù±ð°ù±ð²õ³Ù±ð»å²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of interested1

First recorded in 1655–65; interest ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. ) or -ed 3 ( def. )
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Morgan told Sunday's BBC Politics Wales "underpinning the economic future of Wales, that's what I'm interested in because I don't want to continue to go cap in hand" to Westminster.

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"I think they'll be interested in, what his message is going to be."

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They ended up with 150 people, and they never measured whether the people who were recruited were especially interested in climate or not.

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Before the killing, President Emmanuel Macron had angered the right by saying they were too obsessed with crime, and not sufficiently interested in other issues like the environment.

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“Prime Minister†is not be that interested in wrangling, dealing and lawmaking, or even the nuts and bolts of her progressive views.

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