Skip to content
Vinony

interested

adjective

  1. having the attention engaged or interest provoked; exhibit curiosity
L337821 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɪnt.ə.ɹɪs.tɪd/ / /ˈɪn.tɹɪs.tɪd/ / /ˈɪnt.əˌɹɛs.tɪd/

adj

  1. Having or showing interest (attention or curiosity).

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

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

    “all interested parties [≈ all stakeholders]”

    “I was even mortified at those instances of his liberality, which my situation compelled me to receive, lest, being but little acquainted with my disposition, he should suspect me of being interested in my love […].”

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

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of interest