See interesting in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"hyphenation": "in‧ter‧est‧ing; in‧terest‧ing",
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
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{
"examples": [
{
"text": "That was a really interesting movie."
},
{
"text": "Thank you both very much for an interesting discussion."
},
{
"text": "Another thing I found interesting is that people should choose the cheaper one but they don't."
},
{
"text": "\"Does it include women?\" \"Hmm... I don't know. That's an interesting question.\""
},
{
"text": "It's interesting to note that in films, bad guys never sing."
}
],
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"If something is interesting, it makes you want to pay attention or do it more because it gives you new information or it entertains you."
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"word": "fun"
},
{
"word": "exciting"
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{
"word": "unexpected"
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{
"word": "challenging"
},
{
"word": "entertaining"
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{
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"ipa": "/ˈɪntrɛstɪŋ/",
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"text": "That was a really interesting movie."
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"text": "Thank you both very much for an interesting discussion."
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{
"text": "Another thing I found interesting is that people should choose the cheaper one but they don't."
},
{
"text": "\"Does it include women?\" \"Hmm... I don't know. That's an interesting question.\""
},
{
"text": "It's interesting to note that in films, bad guys never sing."
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{
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