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INTERESTED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having or showing interest; especially curiosity or fascination or concern
Example:
interested spectators
Classified under:
Antonym:
uninterested (not having or showing interest)
Derivation:
interestedness (the state of being interested)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in
Example:
the interested parties met to discuss the business
Synonyms:
concerned; interested
Classified under:
Similar:
involved (connected by participation or association or use)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb interest
Context examples:
The researchers are interested in understanding the complex interactions between human gut microbes and the chemicals that are commonly consumed as part of a typical American diet.
(Human Gut Microbe Could Make Processed Foods Healthier, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
None the less, with your permission, I should be much interested to hear his account.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
This fellow Merryweather is a bank director, and personally interested in the matter.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Ordinarily I would not have come without special reason, but just at present I am so interested in him that I would gladly make an effort.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
The Cancer Center Planning Grant (P20) is an NCI-provided grant available to research organizations interested in developing an NCI-designated Cancer Center.
(Cancer Center Planning Grant, NCI Thesaurus)
All the drivers became interested in his case.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Then returning to his former earnest tone—"My first wish for all whom I am interested in, is that they should be firm.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
This atlas is a critical resource for the scientific community interested in how individual genomic variation leads to biological differences, like healthy and diseased states, across human tissues and cell types.
(NIH completes atlas of human DNA differences that influence gene expression, National Institutes of Health)
If you are interested in working on a new app, podcast, or website, this new moon will encourage you to start.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Elinor assured him that she did;—that she forgave, pitied, wished him well—was even interested in his happiness—and added some gentle counsel as to the behaviour most likely to promote it.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
