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interested

  • adjective
  • /ˈɪnt.ə.ɹɪs.tɪd/

Having or showing (attention or curiosity).

Example

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

Other meanings

  1. Having an (stake); being a ; motivated by considerations of ; self-serving.

    “all interested parties [≈ all stakeholders]”

  2. Owning a share of a company; being a .

Related words

  • noninterested
  • overinterested
  • interestedly
  • interestedness
  • I'm not interested
  • self-interested

Example sentences

  • “I'm not really interested, but thanks anyway.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
  • “Would you be interested in this project?”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
  • “She is interested in justice.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “interested” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.