Interest
['ɪnt(ə)rɪst] or ['ɪntrəst]
Definition
(noun.) the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.); 'they said nothing of great interest'; 'primary colors can add interest to a room'.
(noun.) a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something; 'an interest in music'.
(noun.) (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims; 'the iron interests stepped up production'.
(noun.) (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something; 'they have interests all over the world'; 'a stake in the company's future'.
(noun.) a fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed; 'how much interest do you pay on your mortgage?'.
(verb.) excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of.
Edited by Albert--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work.
(n.) To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite; -- often used impersonally.
(n.) To cause or permit to share.
(n.) Excitement of feeling, whether pleasant or painful, accompanying special attention to some object; concern.
(n.) Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility; share; portion; part; as, an interest in a brewery; he has parted with his interest in the stocks.
(n.) Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit.
(n.) Premium paid for the use of money, -- usually reckoned as a percentage; as, interest at five per cent per annum on ten thousand dollars.
(n.) Any excess of advantage over and above an exact equivalent for what is given or rendered.
(n.) The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively; as, the iron interest; the cotton interest.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Concern, affect, touch, be of importance to.[2]. Engage, enlist.
n. [1]. Good, benefit, profit, weal, advantage.[2]. Share, portion, part, participation.[3]. Concern, regard, sympathy.[4]. Authority, influence.[5]. Selfishness, self-interest, private interest.[6]. Premium for the use of money, profit from money loaned.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Concern, {business_advantage}, profit, attention, curiosity_behalf, cause,share
ANT:Unconcern, disconnection, repudiation, disadvantage, loss, inattention,incuriosity, indifference
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Definition
n. advantage: premium paid for the use of money (in Compound interest the interest of each period is added to its principal and the amount forms a new principal for the next period): any increase: concern: special attention: influence over others: share: participation.—n. (Spens.) In′teress interest concern.—v.t. to concern deeply.—Equitable interest such interest as is protected by courts of equity although it might not be at common law; Landed interest (see Landed); Vested interest an interest thoroughly secure and inalienable except for public use and upon compensation.—Make interest for to secure interest on behalf of.
v.t. to engage the attention: to awaken concern in: to excite (in behalf of another).—adj. In′terested having an interest or concern: affected or biassed by personal considerations self-interest &c.—adv. In′terestedly.—n. In′terestedness.—adj. In′teresting engaging the attention or regard: exciting emotion or passion.—adv. In′terestingly.—n. In′terestingness.—In an interesting condition in the family way.
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Examples
- It may be questioned whether some of the present pedagogical interest in the matter of values of studies is not either excessive or else too narrow. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The case has assumed such an extraordinary aspect since Sergeant Cuff's time, that you may revive his interest in the inquiry. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Without heart, without interest, I could not play it at all. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The marriages of either were discussed; and their prospects in life canvassed with the greatest frankness and interest on both sides. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- You take an eager interest in that gentleman's concerns, said Darcy, in a less tranquil tone, and with a heightened colour. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The Colonel was so kind--Mr. Crawley might be offended and pay back the money, for which she could get no such good interest anywhere else. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The swinging caught his attention, and he watched it with more and more interest. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I cordially invite you, sir, to second my efforts in the sacred interests of the family. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- But instead of narrowing the scope of politics, to avoid it, the only sensible thing to do is to invent methods which will allow needs and problems and group interests avenues into politics. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- They teach at one time that men act from class interests: but they devote an enormous amount of energy to making men conscious of their class. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I should then have done all that a man in my position could do to serve the interests of my old friend's only child. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The interests are not more distinct in the one case than the other. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- I had arranged with Mrs. Clements that she should communicate her London address, in Anne's interests, to Lady Glyde. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I heard the mice too, rattling behind the panels, as if the same occurrence were important to their interests. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But in reality travelling interested her even less than he had expected. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He had left his sleeping wife; and wanted, as Margaret saw, to be amused and interested by something that she was to tell him. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The ladies were not really interested in Mrs. Struthers just then; the subject of Ellen Olenska was too fresh and too absorbing to them. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Suppose you found Miss Verinder quite unaccountably interested in what has happened to Mr. Ablewhite and Mr. Luker? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- With curious readiness did she adapt herself to such themes as interested him. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I am no farther interested than as a spectator, said he, with a modesty, admirable, as I thought, to witness. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It is interesting to note that Edison became greatly interested in the later developments by Marconi, and is an admiring friend and adviser of that well-known inventor. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The talk was very often political or sociological, and interesting, curiously anarchistic. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Now, Mr. Hilton Cubitt, please continue your most interesting statement. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Neither had read it, but they knew it was a love story, and each privately wondered if it was half as interesting as their own. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The condition of India at this time was one very interesting and attractive to European adventurers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is necessary that this drawing be made in four operations; the first and second are particularly interesting, on account of their depths, which are 5-1/2 and 9-3/16 inches, respectively. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- On such occasions an interesting opportunity is offered to study Edison in his intense and constructive moods. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The taking of pictures is, of course, one of the interesting phases of the business from a popular standpoint. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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