Definitions for interested
ˈɪn tər ə stɪd, -trə stɪd, -təˌrɛs tɪdin·ter·est·ed

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. interestedadjective

   having or showing interest; especially curiosity or fascination or concern

   "an interested audience"; "interested in sports"; "was interested to hear about her family"; "interested in knowing who was on the telephone"; "interested spectators"

2. concerned, interestedadjective

   involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in

   "a memorandum to those concerned"; "an enterprise in which three men are concerned"; "factors concerned in the rise and fall of epidemics"; "the interested parties met to discuss the business"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. interestedadjective

   Having or showing interest.

   I'm very interested in going to see that play.

2. interestedadjective

   Motivated by considerations of self-interest; self-serving.

3. interestedadjective

   Owning a share of a company.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. interested

   Interest is payment from a borrower to a lender of an amount above repayment of the amount borrowed, at a particular rate.

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1. interested

   Interested refers to wanting to be involved in or learn more about something, or paying attention to something because it is personally relevant or engaging. It signifies curiosity, concern or engagement in a particular subject or action.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Interested

   of Interest

2. Interestedverb

   having the attention engaged; having emotion or passion excited; as, an interested listener

3. Interestedverb

   having an interest; concerned in a cause or in consequences; liable to be affected or prejudiced; as, an interested witness

4. Etymology: [See Interest, v. t.]

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1. Interested

   Interested vs. Interesting -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Interested and Interesting.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'interested' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1277

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'interested' in Written Corpus Frequency: #753

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'interested' in Adjectives Frequency: #140

How to pronounce interested?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say interested in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of interested in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of interested in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of interested in a Sentence

1. Joseph Votel:

   If we can continue to better understand what al Qaeda's doing, regain the situational awareness that we lost when we all had to depart Yemen here some time ago, that's what I'm interested in doing.

2. Jeff Kohler:

   I've got more interested customers than I have planes. Not every customer will be able to buy a C-17.

3. Edgar Lawrence Doctorow:

   It was a march of an entire civilization that had been uprooted, freed slaves and a lot of dispossessed whites. And that's what interested me, because during the course of that -- people changed.

4. Roberto Mukaro Borrero:

   The tweet by the Washington Redskins rings hollow to me. If the team was really interested in standing in solidarity for racial justice, they would change their name from the dictionary-defined racial slur they continue to use. As an indigenous person, I feel their tweet comes off as tone-deaf, not woke. Violence comes in many forms, some more subtle than others. Indigenous Peoples are not your mascots.

5. Richard Gowan:

   If State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert is nominated and approved, people will be interested to see whether State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert's willing and able to do the diplomatic toil or whether State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert will see this as an extension of the spokesman position and focus more on presentation of Richard Gowan position before the Security Council.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=interested
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Interested
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interested
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interested