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in·ter·est  (ntrst, -tr-st, -trst)

n.

1.

a. A state of curiosity or concern about or attention to something: an interest in sports.

b. Something, such as a quality, subject, or activity, that evokes this mental state: counts the theater among his interests.

2. Regard for one's own benefit or advantage; self-interest. Often used in the plural: It is in your best interest to cooperate. She kept her own interests in mind.

3.

a. A right, claim, or legal share: an interest in the new company.

b. Something in which such a right, claim, or share is held: has interests overseas.

c. A person or group of persons holding such a right, claim, or share: a petroleum interest.

4. Involvement with or participation in something: She has an interest in the quality of her education.

5.

a. A charge for a loan, usually a percentage of the amount loaned.

b. An excess or bonus beyond what is expected or due.

6.

a. An interest group.

b. The particular cause supported by an interest group.

tr.v. in·ter·est·ed, in·ter·est·ing, in·ter·ests

1. To arouse the curiosity or hold the attention of: Your opinions interest me.

2. To cause to become involved or concerned with: tried to interest her in taking a walk.

3. Obsolete To concern or affect.

Idiom:

in the interest/interests of

To the advantage of; for the sake of: thinking in the interest of the whole family; ate breakfast on the train in the interest of time.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin, it is of importance, third person sing. present tense of interesse, to be between, take part in : inter-, inter- + esse, to be; see es- in Indo-European roots.]

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interest

Noun

1. curiosity or concern about something or someone

2. the power of causing this: to have great interest

3. something in which one is interested; a hobby or pursuit

4. (often pl) advantage: in one's own interests

5. money paid for the use of credit or borrowed money: she borrowed money at 25 per cent interest

6. (often pl) a right, share, or claim, esp. in a business or property

7. (often pl) a group of people with common aims: foreign interests

Verb

1. to arouse the curiosity or concern of

2. to cause to become interested or involved in something [Latin: it concerns]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	interest - a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something; "an interest in music" involvement enthusiasm - a lively interest; "enthusiasm for his program is growing" concern - something that interests you because it is important or affects you; "the safety of the ship is the captain's concern" curiosity, wonder - a state in which you want to learn more about something
	2.	interest - a reason for wanting something done; "for your sake"; "died for the sake of his country"; "in the interest of safety"; "in the common interest" sake benefit, welfare - something that aids or promotes well-being; "for the benefit of all" behalf - for someone's benefit (usually expressed as `in behalf' rather than `on behalf' and usually with a possessive); "in your behalf"; "campaigning in his own behalf"; "spoke a good word in his friend's behalf"
	3.	interest - 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" interestingness charisma, personal appeal, personal magnetism - a personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence others power, powerfulness - possession of controlling influence; "the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her"; "his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade" newsworthiness, news - the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins; "the judge conceded the newsworthiness of the trial"; "he is no longer news in the fashion world" topicality - the attribute of being of interest at the present time; "the library had to discard books that had lost their topicality" vividness, color, colour - interest and variety and intensity; "the Puritan Period was lacking in color"; "the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness" shrillness - the quality of being sharp or harsh to the senses; "the shrillness of her hair color"
	4.	interest - a fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed; "how much interest do you pay on your mortgage?" fixed charge, fixed cost, fixed costs - a periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.) compound interest - interest calculated on both the principal and the accrued interest simple interest - interest paid on the principal alone
	5.	interest - (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" stake law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" share, percentage, portion, part - assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash" grubstake - funds advanced to a prospector or to someone starting a business in return for a share of the profits controlling interest - ownership of more than 50% of a corporation's voting shares insurable interest - an interest in a person or thing that will support the issuance of an insurance policy; an interest in the survival of the insured or in the preservation of the thing that is insured vested interest - (law) an interest in which there is a fixed right to present or future enjoyment and that can be conveyed to another security interest - any interest in a property that secures the payment of an obligation terminable interest - an interest in property that terminates under specific conditions undivided interest, undivided right - the interest in property owned by tenants whereby each tenant has an equal right to enjoy the entire property fee - an interest in land capable of being inherited equity - the ownership interest of shareholders in a corporation reversion - (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee) right - (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing; "mineral rights"; "film rights"
	6.	interest - (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims; "the iron interests stepped up production" interest group plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one social group - people sharing some social relation special interest - an individual or group who are concerned with some particular part of the economy and who try to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor vested interest - groups that seek to control a social system or activity from which they derive private benefit
	7.	interest - a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly); "sailing is her favorite pastime"; "his main pastime is gambling"; "he counts reading among his interests"; "they criticized the boy for his limited pursuits" pastime, pursuit diversion, recreation - an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation" avocation, hobby, spare-time activity, by-line, pursuit, sideline - an auxiliary activity
Verb	1.	interest - excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of engage, engross, occupy, absorb - consume all of one's attention or time; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely" arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" spellbind, transfix, fascinate, grip - to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe; "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra" bore, tire - cause to be bored
	2.	interest - be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift" concern, occupy, worry
	3.	interest - be of importance or consequence; "This matters to me!" matter to concern, have-to doe with, pertain, bear on, come to, touch on, refer, relate, touch - be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments" fascinate, intrigue - cause to be interested or curious

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interest

noun 1. importance, concern, significance, moment, note, weight, import, consequence, substance, relevance, momentousness << OPPOSITE insignificance

noun 2. attention, regard, curiosity, notice, suspicion, scrutiny, heed, absorption, attentiveness, inquisitiveness, engrossment << OPPOSITE disregard

noun 3. (often plural) hobby, activity, pursuit, entertainment, relaxation, recreation, amusement, preoccupation, diversion, pastime, leisure activity

noun 4. (often plural) advantage, good, benefit, profit, gain, boot (dialect)

noun 5. (often plural) business, concern, matter, affair

noun 6. stake, investment

verb 7. arouse your curiosity, engage, appeal to, fascinate, move, involve, touch, affect, attract, grip, entertain, absorb, intrigue, amuse, divert, rivet, captivate, catch your eye, hold the attention of, engross << OPPOSITE bore

verb 8. (with in) sell, persuade to buy >> in the interest(s) of for the sake of, on behalf of, on the part of, to the advantage of

Translations

interest [ˈɪntrɪst] n (COMM) → interés m

vt → interesar;

compound/simple interest → interés compuesto/simple;

business interests → negocios mpl;

British interests in the Middle East → los intereses británicos en el Medio Oriente

interest [ˈɪntrɪst] n → intérêt m;

(Comm) (= stake, share); participation f, intérêts mpl

vt → intéresser;

compound/simple interest → intérêt composé/simple;

British interests in the Middle East → les intérêts britanniques au Moyen-Orient;

his main interest is ... → ce qui l'intéresse le plus est ...

interest [ˈɪntrɪst] n → Interesse nt;

(Comm) (in company) → Anteil m;

(000) (sum of money) → Zinsen pl

vt → interessieren;

compound interest → Zinseszins m;

simple interest → einfache Zinsen;

British interests in the Middle East → britische Interessen im Nahen Osten;

his main interest is ... → er interessiert sich hauptsächlich für ...

interest [ˈɪntrɪst] n → interesse m;

(COMM) (= stake, share); interessi mpl

vt → interessare;

compound/simple interest → interesse composto/semplice;

business interests → attività fpl commerciali;

British interests in the Middle East → gli interessi (commerciali) britannici nel Medio Oriente

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interest

n interest [ˈintrəst, (American ) ˈintərist]

1 curiosity; attention That newspaper story is bound to arouse interest.belangstellingإهْتِمامинтересpozornostinteressedas Interesseενδιαφέρον, προσοχήinteréshuviتوجهmielenkiintointérêtעִנייָןरसinteresérdeklődésminatáhugiinteresse興味흥미susidomėjimasintereseminatbelangstellinginteressezainteresowanieinteresseinteresинтересzáujem, pozornosťzanimanjeinteresovanjeintresseความสนใจilgi, alâka興趣，注意інтерес, зацікавленістьدلچسپیsự chú ý兴趣，注意

2 a matter, activity etc that is of special concern to one Gardening is one of my main interests.belangstellingمَصْلَحَه، إهْتِمامхобиzájeminteressedas Interesseενδιαφέρονinteréshuvialaعلاقهharrastuschose qui intéresse (qqn)הִתעַניינוּתरुचिzanimanjeérdeklődés, hobbikegiatanáhugamálinteresse関心事관심사pomėgisaizraušanāsaktivitiinteresseinteressezainteresowanieinteresselucru care stârneşte interesul (cuiva); pa­si­uneувлечениеzáujemzanimanjepreokupacijaintresseความสนใจmerak, heves愛好інтересشوقđiều quan tâm爱好

3 money paid in return for borrowing a usually large sum of money The (rate of) interest on this loan is eight per cent; (also adjective ) the interest rate.renteفائِدَه ، رِباлихваúrok(ový)rente; rente-die Zinsen (pl.); Zins-...τόκοςinteréslaenuprotsentبهرهkorkointérêtריביתहितkorist, kamateérdekbungavextirinteresse利息이자palūkanosprocentu likmebungarenterente(r)procentjuro(ссудный) процентúrok; úrokovýobresti; obrestenkamataräntaดอกเบี้ยfaiz利息відсоткиفود، بیاجlợi tức利息

4 (a share in the ownership of) a business firm etc He bought an interest in the night-club.aandeelسَهْم تِجاريдялpodílandelder Anteilμερίδιοparticipaciónkaasosaسهمosuusparticipationעִנייָןब्याजpravo na udiokamatsahamhlutur, hlutabréf(partecipazione agli utili)株주(株)dalis(īpašuma) daļa; līdzdalībasahamaandeelandel, rettighetudziałacçõesdrept de (co)proprietateдоляpodieldeležudeoandelหุ้นส่วนpay, hisse股權пай, часткаمنافع میں حصہquyền lợi股权

5 a group of connected businesses which act together to their own advantage I suspect that the scheme will be opposed by the banking interest (= all the banks acting together).belangمَجموعَة مَصالِح تِجاريَّهкръг от хора с общ интересkruhyinteressegruppeKreise(pl.)(ομάδα με κοινά) συμφέρονταgrupo de intereseshuvirühmافراد ذی نفوذeturyhmäintérêtsאִינטֶרֶסִים מְשוּתָפִיםफ़यदा, लाभ, कल्याण, नफ़ा, मुनाफ़ाinteresérdekeltségkelompok bisnishagsmunahópurautorità利害関係者이해 관계자suinteresuotų asmenų/organizacijų ratasintereses; labumskelompok niagagroep van belanghebbendenforretningsverden/-interesserkoła, sferysociedade(grup de) intereseзаинтересованные кругиzáujmová skupinainteresiinteresintressent, intresserad kretsผลประโยชน์birlik行業група осіб, що мають спільні інтересиباہم مفاداتhiệp hội行业

v

1 to arouse the curiosity and attention of; to be of importance or concern to Political arguments don't interest me at all.interesseerيُثير إهْتِمامинтересувам сеzajímatinteressereinteressierenενδιαφέρωinteresarhuvitamaتوجه جلب کردنkiinnostaaintéresserלְעַנייֵןरुचि उत्पन्न करनाzanimatifelkelt érdeklődést; érdekelmenarik perhatianvekja áhuga áinteressare興味を起こさせる관심을 갖게 하다domintiinteresētmenarik perhatianinteressereninteressere (seg for), være interessert iinteresowaćinteressara interesaинтересоватьzaujímaťzanimatiinteresovatiintresseraทำให้สนใจilgilendirmek, merakını uyandırmak引起注意цікавитиدلچسپی پیدا کرناlàm cho ai quan tâm引起注意

2 (with in) to persuade to do, buy etc Can I interest you in (buying) this dictionary?interesseerيُقْنِع أن يَشْتَريзаинтересовамvzbudit zájemgøre interesseret igewinnenκινώ το ενδιαφέρον, πείθω κπ. να κάνει κτ.interesarhuvi äratamaعلاقمند کردنsaada kiinnostumaanintéresser (à)מִתעַנייֵן בְּ-(किसी व्यक्ति में) दिलचस्पी पैदा करना, व्यक्तिगत अभिरूचि उपजाना, उत्सुक्ता उत्पन्न करनाzainteresiratiérdekeltté teszmembujukvekja áhugainteressare, destare interesse in～する気にさせる...에 참여시키다įkalbėtiieinteresētmemujukinteresse kwekeninteressere for, gjøre interessert izainteresowaćinteressara con­vingeзаинтересоватьvzbudiť záujemzbuditi zanimanjezainteresovatigöra intresserad, väcka intresseทำให้เกี่ยวข้องilgisini çekmek使參與зацікавитиراضی کرناthuyết phục使参与

adj ˈinterested

1 (often with in) showing attention or having curiosity He's not interested in politics; Don't tell me any more – I'm not interested; I'll be interested to see what happens next week.belangstelمُهْتَمٌّ فيзаинтересованmít zájeminteresseretinteressiertείμαι περίεργος, ενδιαφέρομαι να μάθωinteresado (en)huvitatudکنجکاو؛ علاقمندkiinnostunutintéressé (par)מִתעַנייֵן בְּ-रुचि रखने वालाinteresantanérdeklődő; érdekli; nem érdeklitertarikáhugasamurinteressato興味のある흥미를 가진besidomintis, susidomėjęsieinteresētsberminatgea anteresseerd, benieuwdinteressert, opptatt avzainteresowanyinteressadointeresatинтересующийсяmať záujem (o)ki se zanima (za)zainteresovanintresseradซึ่งสนใจilgili, meraklı感興趣的зацікавленийدلچسپی ظاہر کرناquan tâm感兴趣的

2 (often with in) willing, or wanting, to do, buy etc Are you interested in (buying) a second-hand car?stel belangمُسْتَعِد أن يَشْتَريинтересmít zájeminteresseretinteressiertενδιαφερόμενος, πρόθυμος για κτ.interesado (en)huvitatudعلاقمندkiinnostunutintéressé (par)מְעוּנייֵן בְּ-दिलचस्पी लेने वालाzainteresiranérdekeltinginsem hefur áhuga á e-uinteressato～したい관심이 있는suinteresuotasieinteresētsingingeaanteresseerdinteressert izainteresowanyinteressadointeresat (de)интересующийся, заинтересованныйmať záujemzainteresiranzainteresovanintresseradซึ่งสนใจilgilenme有興趣的зацікавленийارادہ رکھناthích làm gì有兴趣的

3 personally involved in a particular business, project etc and therefore likely to be anxious about decisions made regarding it You must consult the other interested parties (= the other people involved).betrokkeلهُم عُلاقة بالأمرзаинтересована странаzainteresovanýinteresseretbeteiligtενδιαφερόμενοςinteresadoasjaosalineذی نفعasianosainenintéresséעִנייַן אִישִי ב-हितबद्ध, पक्षपातीkoji ima udioérdekeltberkepentingansem á hlut að máliinteressato利害関係のある이해 관계가 있는suinteresuotasieinteresētsberkepentinganbelanghebbendinteressert, deltakendezainteresowanyinteressadointeresatзаинтересованныйzainteresovanýudeleženzainteresovanintresserad, inblandad, berördซึ่งมีผลประโยชน์ilgili, alâkalı有利害關系的зацікавленийوابستہliên quan đến有利害关系的

adj ˈinteresting

an interesting book.interessanteمُهِم/ مُمْتِعинтерсенzajímavýinteressantinteressantενδιαφέρωνinteresantehuvitavجالب توجهkiinnostavaintéressantמְעַנייֵןरोचकzanimljivérdekesmenarikáhugaverðurinteressante興味深い흥미로운įdomusinteresantsmenarikinteressantinteressantinteresującyinteressanteинтересныйzaujímavýzanimivzanimljivintressantน่าสนใจilginç有趣味的цікавийدلچسپthú vị有趣味的

adv ˈinterestingly

interessantبِصورَة مُثيرة للإهْتِمامинтересноzajímavěinteressant nokinteressantενδιαφερόντωςde manera interesantehuvitavaltبطور جالب توجهkiinnostavastide façon intéressanteמְעַנייֵן ש-दिलचस्पी सेzanimljivoérdekes módonsecara menariká áhugaverðan háttin maniera interessante面白いことには흥미롭게įdomiaiinteresantidengan menarikop een interessante manier, interessant genoeginteressantco interesujące, ku ogólnemu zaskoczeniuinteressanteinteresantинтересноzaujímavozanimivozanimljivopå ett intressant sättน่าทึ่งilginç bir şekilde; işin ilginç yanı有趣味地цікавоدلچسپ انداز میںmột cách thú vị有趣味地

in one's (own) interest

bringing, or in order to bring, advantage, benefit, help etc to oneself etc It would be in our own interest to help him, as he may be able to help us later.eie belangمِن مَصْلَحَةинтересve vlastním zájmui ens egen interesseim eigenen Interesseπρος το συμφέρον μουen su propio interés/beneficioenese huvidesبه نفع کسی بودنomien etujen mukaistadans son (propre) intérêtלְטוֹבָת-दिलचस्पी सेbiti u interesusaját érdekébenuntuk kepentinganí eigin þágu, vegna eigin hagsnel proprio interesse～自身のために자신을 위하여savo paties labuikāda interesēs/labākeinginanin zijn (eigen) belangi egen interessewe własnym interesieno interesse de alguémîn inte­resul săuв ваших же интересахvo vlastnom záujmev lastno koristu nečijem interesui ens [] intresseควรที่จะสนใจ(kendi) yararına為自身利益у чиїхось інтересахاپنے فائدے کے لیےvì quyền lợi của ai为自身利益

in the interest(s) of

in order to get, achieve, increase etc The political march was banned in the interests of public safety.in die belang vanلِمَصْلَحَةв интерес наv zájmuaf hensyn tilim Interesse(για) χάρη, προς το συμφέρονen el interés detõttuبه خاطرtakiadans l'intérêt deלְטוֹבַת הַ-रूची सेu interesuvmi érdekébenuntuk kepentinganvegna hagsmunanell'interesse di～のために...을 위하여kokiais nors sumetimais, kieno nors labuikāda interesēs/labāuntuk kepentinganin het belang vanav hensyn til, til beste forw interesieno interesse depentru/în nu­meleв интересах чего-л.v záujmev koristza dobroi [] intresse, till (för) [] bästaอยู่ในความสนใจiçin, yararına為了...利益в інтересахکسی کے حق میںvì mục đích为了...利益

lose interest

to stop being interested He used to be very active in politics, but he's lost interest now.belangstelling verloorيَفْقِد الإهْتِمامгубя интересztratit zájemmiste interessedas Interesse verlierenχάνω το ενδιαφέρον μουperder el interéshuvi kaotamaکم علاقه شدن نسبت بهmenettää kiinnostuksensase désintéresser deלְאַבֵּד עִנייָןशौक सेgubiti intereskiábrándul vmibőltidak tertarik lagimissa áhugaperdere interesse興味を失う흥미를 잃다daugiau nebesidomėtizaudēt interesihilang minatzijn belangstelling verliezenmiste interessestracić zainteresowanieperder o interessea nu mai fi interesat deпотерять интересstratiť záujemizgubiti zanimanjeizgubiti interesovanjetappa intressetไม่สนใจilgisini yitirmek不再感興趣втратити інтересدلچسپی کھو دیناthôi không quan tâm不再感兴趣

take an interest

to be interested I take a great interest in everything they do.belangstelling hêيَهْتَم بالأمْرинтересувам сеzajímat sevære interesseretinteressiert seinενδιαφέρομαιinteresarsehuvitatud olemaعلاقمند بودنolla kiinnostunuts'intéresser (à)מִתעַנייֵןकुतूहल सेzanimati seérdeklődik (vmi) iránttertarikhafa áhuga áinteressarsi～に興味をもつ흥미를 가지다domėtisbūt ieinteresētamberminatbelang stellen ininteressere seg forinteresować sięinteressar-se pora fi interesat (de)проявлять интересzaujímať sazanimati se za kajzanimati se zavara intresserad avให้ความสนใจilgilenmek, ilgi duymak對...感興趣цікавитисяدلچسپی دکھاناquan tâm对...感兴趣