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

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. interested(adj)

   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, interested(adj)

   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"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. interested(Adjective)

   Having or showing interest.

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

2. interested(Adjective)

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

3. interested(Adjective)

   Owning a share of a company.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Interested

   of Interest

   Etymology: [See Interest, v. t.]

2. Interested(verb)

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

   Etymology: [See Interest, v. t.]

3. Interested(verb)

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

   Etymology: [See Interest, v. t.]

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?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Yvonne Chiu:

   The US has a reputation -- at least in China -- for not being particularly strong or interested or really wanting to or have the ability to defend its interests, so Beijing is going to react badly to this.

2. Walfredo Dimaguila:

   What we plan is to turn them into hollow blocks and bricks and sell them to interested companies.

3. Uppsala University:

   Humans have always been interested in trying to find an answer to the question, 'Where do we come from?' Well, now we know from what type of microbial ancestor we descend, essentially, Lokiarchaeota represent a missing piece of the puzzle of the evolution from simple cells - bacteria and archaea, prokaryotes - to complex cells - eukaryotes, which includes us humans.

4. Lee Busby:

   I would never, ever make it in a conventional campaign, i’ve never been interested or willing to pay the kind of political dues that one has to pay to move up.

5. Novak Djokovic:

   Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg, Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg are a little bit older, have kids a little bit older, Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg are open to travel. I am not into traveling at the moment, at least more than a couple of weeks a year, the captaincy is not something I am really interested in either.

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