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interested   (TTS Sound)

The verb interest has 3 senses

• interest -- (excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of)


• concern, interest, occupy, worry -- (be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift")


• matter to, interest -- (be of importance or consequence; "This matters to me!")

The adj interested has 2 senses

• interested -- (having or showing interest; especially curiosity or fascination or concern; "an interested audience"; "interested in sports"; "was interested to hear about her family"; "interested in knowing who was on the telephone"; "interested spectators")


• concerned, interested -- (involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in; "a memorandum to those concerned"; "an enterprise in which three men are concerned"; "factors concerned in the rise and fall of epidemics"; "the interested parties met to discuss the business")