"interested" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈɪntəɹɪstɪd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɪntɹɪstɪd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɪntɹəstɪd/ [US], /ˈɪntəɹɛstɪd/ [US], /ˈɪntɹəstəd/ (note: US, weak vowel merger), /ˈɪntəɹɛstəd/ (note: US, weak vowel merger) Audio: en-us-interested-2.ogg , en-us-interested.ogg Forms: more interested [comparative], most interested [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} interested (comparative more interested, superlative most interested)
  1. Having or showing interest (attention or curiosity). Translations (having or showing interest): مُهْتَمّ (muhtamm) [masculine] (Arabic), заинтересован (zainteresovan) (Bulgarian), interessat (Catalan), zainteresovaný (Czech), interesseret (Danish), geïnteresseerd (Dutch), geïnteresseerde (Dutch), áhugaður (Faroese), kiinnostunut (Finnish), intéressé (French), interesado (Galician), interessiert (German), ενδιαφερόμενος (endiaferómenos) (Greek), érdekel [predicative] (Hungarian), érdekli (Hungarian), érdeklődő [attributive] (Hungarian), áhugasamur (Icelandic), tertarik (Indonesian), spéis a bheith agat i (english: be interested in) (Irish), interessato (Italian), zajmowaś se za (english: be interested in) [imperfective] (Lower Sorbian), заинтересиран (zainteresiran) (Macedonian), întérêssi (Norman), întéthêssant (Norman), interessert (Norwegian), zainteresowany (Polish), interessado (Portuguese), interesat (Romanian), заинтересо́ванный (zainteresóvannyj) (Russian), zainteresiran (Slovene), interesado (Spanish), зацікавлений (zacikavlenyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-interested-en-adj-XF4F~fzZ Disambiguation of 'having or showing interest': 61 19 19
  2. (less common) Having an interest (stake); being a stakeholder; motivated by considerations of self-interest; self-serving. Tags: uncommon
    Sense id: en-interested-en-adj-sMWkjMFh Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 6 29 29 36
  3. (less common) Having an interest (stake); being a stakeholder; motivated by considerations of self-interest; self-serving.
    Owning a share of a company; being a shareholder.
    Tags: uncommon Translations (owning a share): belanghebbend (Dutch), leasmhar (Irish)
    Sense id: en-interested-en-adj-oTgZa9VE Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 6 29 29 36 Disambiguation of 'owning a share': 2 8 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: disinterested → disinterestedly, disinterestedness, I'm not interested, interestedly, interestedness, self-interested, uninterested → uninterestedly, uninterestedness

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɪntəɹɪstɪd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɪntɹɪstɪd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɪntɹəstɪd/ [US], /ˈɪntəɹɛstɪd/ [US], /ˈɪntɹəstəd/ (note: US, weak vowel merger), /ˈɪntəɹɛstəd/ (note: US, weak vowel merger) Audio: en-us-interested-2.ogg , en-us-interested.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} interested
  1. simple past and past participle of interest Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: interest
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Alternative forms

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          "text": "\"Oh, you are quite wrong!\" cried his mother; \"no love of fortune, nor of ambition, could have tempted Norbourne to desert you. Little, indeed, do you know his high and generous nature, when you suppose that he could be actuated by an interested motive.\"",
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