interested
//ˈɪnt.ə.ɹɪs.tɪd//
Forms
- Comparative
- more interested
- Superlative
- most interested
Definitions
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.
- He maintained -- the thought is not unnatural in a royal historiographer -- that the generous actions of great princes are often twisted and misrepresented by interested critics.
- 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 […].
1.simple past and past participle of interest
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1246
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare