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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
interested
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
also
▪ I am also interested in everything!
▪ We are interested in these questions, of course, because we are also interested in gender.
▪ Many feminists were also interested in birth control as an issue although discretion dictated a public silence.
▪ It seems that the Ostler Press is also interested.
▪ He is also interested in rugby, tennis, and jogging and has run three Dublin City Marathons.
▪ Most of the girls were also interested in horses.
▪ I am also interested in motoring at minimum cost!
▪ Lawrence is also interested in Crewe midfielder Craig Hignett.
deeply
▪ A brilliant linguist, he was also deeply interested in botany, chemistry and other scientific subjects.
▪ Again, the need for the deeply interested reader to supplement a survey with other books becomes evident.
▪ He and Hunt - who had always been deeply interested in driver safety - worked in excellent cooperation.
▪ They had absolutely nothing to do with herself, yet despite this fact she felt deeply interested in them.
▪ All this deeply interested Modigliani who was a remarkably cultivated and educated man, as Paul Alexandre proves.
▪ They are fair and they are deeply interested in education.
▪ I am deeply interested in his theories about horse-breeding.
▪ He stayed for a year and grew deeply interested in Linder's studious attitude towards feminist principles.
less
▪ She was becoming less interested in any tittle-tattle he might purvey that might help her with the case than in himself.
▪ One thing I can say of him with total confidence is that I have never met a man less interested in money.
▪ Jung is less interested in reason, more in the emotional symbolism in religions.
▪ When asked what they like in a woman, they say they're less interested in charm than most.
▪ Have been growing less and less interested in titles that are other than purely descriptive.
▪ As a result they were far less interested in literary innovation than the Formalists tended to be.
▪ Her manner was different; she often left home alone, and she seemed less interested in the gang.
more
▪ Our guys in Austin are more interested in open systems, and the fastest screaming performance it can get on to a microprocessor.
▪ Most ministers at first were more interested in spending money than in getting to grips with the nation's economic problems.
▪ Others are much more interested in microeconomic questions, like tax reform, local-government finance and the role of subsidies and benefits.
▪ But in announcing the move Chris Dean had to run the gauntlet of press more interested in his private life.
▪ From now on the Shah would be far more interested in military than in social matters.
▪ In his spare time he became more and more interested in amateur dramatics, as well as teaching himself to play the violin.
▪ Washington was becoming more interested in some forms of nuclear co-operation.
▪ Inder Lal was much more interested to tell me about his own troubles which are many.
most
▪ The corpus of knowledge in which the student is most interested will be neither interest-free nor value-free.
▪ I was most interested in the rope-dancing.
▪ I would be most interested in what readers and teams think of these ideas for a progressive solution to a vexing problem.
▪ I didn't know which bits they would be most interested in, so - I sent them the lot.
▪ But the body he is most interested in, these days, is his own.
▪ Hauge then contacted several other clubs, including Leeds and Blackburn, with Southampton the most interested.
▪ I am sure my lord will be most interested in meeting you.
much
▪ Southwood was not much interested in the tactics of the Labour movement.
▪ Meldola himself was much interested in protective colouring and mimicry of moths.
▪ I am being objective, not self-pitying, because quite honestly I am not much interested in men anyway.
▪ Gaver is not so much interested in musical instruments or laboratory oscillators as in whistling wind, splashing water and hurrying footsteps.
▪ She did not cry, or rage like Ferdinando, nor was she much interested in apportioning blame.
▪ They were not so much interested in damage assessment.
▪ Esther Breuer is not much interested in the distinction between the natural and the unnatural.
▪ Giles was not, evidently, much interested in churches.
only
▪ Joining the Army at 17-and-a-half, the young Whittingham was really only interested in playing sport for fun.
▪ He says now he was only interested in the food and drink, but that's a lie.
▪ Maybe the powers that be have been only interested in cleaning up opponents.
▪ Those who thought I was only interested in money were wrong.
▪ Trish never asked questions; she was only interested in telling you things.
▪ I knew all along of course that Pahdra Singh was only interested in the club for his own profit.
▪ He's an uptight devil, only interested in giving orders and having them obeyed.
▪ But the King was only interested in enjoying himself tonight, so we all drank and talked, and drank again.
particularly
▪ Though Scott was not particularly interested in early editions he nevertheless owned several.
▪ If you are particularly interested in any activity or craft, ask to go on a course to learn more about it.
▪ It is particularly interested in fashionable mainstream topics, like attribution theory and new technology.
▪ Highbrow sources were clearly much more attractive to people who were particularly interested in politics.
▪ Anyway, nobody would be particularly interested in Connie after the first day.
▪ He also suggested that school governors with commercial or industrial experience might be particularly interested in introducing appraisal schemes.
▪ It is particularly interested in Tivoli Systems Inc's distributed management technology.
▪ The South Tees nurses will be particularly interested in findings on the use of narcotics in very young babies.
really
▪ Trippy was not really interested in my financial situation; he was just checking that I was paying for dinner.
▪ Dexter admired the way in which his boss disguised who she was really interested in.
▪ Neither Ma nor Dad were really interested.
▪ For all Miss Macdonald's painstaking work, I could not get really interested in these itineraries.
▪ You're not really interested, she thought ill-humouredly.
▪ Later, after examining maps of the area, he may discover that what he is really interested in is Parliament Hill.
▪ I was never really interested in the frocks.
so
▪ Why were all of them so interested in why I was there?
▪ I had become so interested in a nice neat pattern that I hadn't checked if I had found all the shapes.
▪ That's why they were so interested.
▪ I glimpsed the black robes and wondered why Southgate would be so interested in such a grisly execution.
▪ And, since you're so interested, the reason I wear my wedding-ring is strictly for the sake of appearances.
▪ He's always so interested in the plays.
▪ Well, since you are so interested, this is my cousin come from the Neath Valley to help in the business.
▪ Why are employers so interested in attendance and punctuality?
still
▪ Both numbers are expected to grow rapidly. Still interested?
▪ Zahara was still interested in yesterday's topic of conversation.
▪ Now, if you're still interested, be here at this time tomorrow.
▪ Can you please let me know if you are still interested in receiving a copy of the tape?
▪ I wonder if you can confirm that you are still interested in receiving a copy?
very
▪ He felt very interested in this young man, with his wonderful face.
▪ She'd never been very interested in the Council anyway.
▪ But I don't mind saying we're very interested.
▪ Children are very interested in the cards and it is a very effective way of getting this message across.
▪ People in the Sellafield area will be very interested to know.
▪ He was very interested in restoring them to their proper significance.
▪ We were on a cycling holiday and me being very interested in railways generally, liked looking over old stations.
▪ When struck by shyness, we think that other people are very interested in us and evaluating us.
■ NOUN
party
▪ Every effort will be made to accommodate requests to provide all interested parties with the same information.
▪ That is increasingly being recognised by many interested parties.
▪ There is no shortage of research funds from interested parties in the pharmaceutical, agricultural and medical technology worlds.
▪ Costs and expenses Article 12 of the Convention specifies that costs and other expenses must be borne by the interested parties.
▪ It is scheduled for publication in the summer at which time all interested parties will have an opportunity to comment.
▪ The Department of Education is inviting interested parties to submit comments on the new support arrangements by October 31.
▪ Advance copies of reports are provided to the press and other interested parties at a cost of about £6,000 a year.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
not remotely interested/funny/possible etc
▪ Life-ways are opened up which are not remotely possible, even in analogous terms, to any other species.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Bob first got interested in motor cycles when he was about sixteen.
▪ I've never really been interested in politics.
▪ I can't remember the name of the book, but if you're interested I can find out.
▪ I offered to help, but they weren't interested.
▪ The children seemed very interested when I showed them my photographs.
▪ We'd be very interested to hear your opinion about this.
▪ You're an expert on legal problems - I'd be interested to know what you think.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Interested

Interest \In"ter*est\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interested; p. pr. & vb. n. Interesting.] [From interess'd, p. p. of the older form interess, fr. F. int['e]resser, L. interesse. See Interest, n.]

  1. 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.

    To love our native country . . . to be interested in its concerns is natural to all men.
    --Dryden.

    A goddess who used to interest herself in marriages.
    --Addison.

  2. To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite; -- often used impersonally. [Obs.]

    Or rather, gracious sir, Create me to this glory, since my cause Doth interest this fair quarrel.
    --Ford.

  3. To cause or permit to share. [Obs.]

    The mystical communion of all faithful men is such as maketh every one to be interested in those precious blessings which any one of them receiveth at God's hands.
    --Hooker.

    Syn: To concern; excite; attract; entertain; engage; occupy; hold.

Interested

Interested \In"ter*est*ed\ ([i^]n"t[~e]r*[e^]st*[e^]d), a. [See Interest, v. t.]

  1. Having the attention engaged; having emotion or passion excited; as, an interested listener.

  2. Having an interest; concerned in a cause or in consequences; liable to be affected or prejudiced; as, an interested witness; an interested party.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
interested

"motivated by self-interest," 1705; "having an interest or stake (in something);" from past participle of interest (v.).

Wiktionary
interested

  1. 1 Having or showing interest. 2 (context now rare English) Motivated by considerations of self-interest; self-serving. 3 Owning a share of a company. v

  2. (en-past of: interest)

WordNet
interested

  1. adj. 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" [ant: uninterested]

  2. 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" [syn: concerned]

Usage examples of "interested".

I was interested in your account, but a good deal, nay all, of what you told me I knew already.

An integral part of the court, albeit a minor one, he was, when he failed his duty, confronted by the single most important fact known to all bureaucrats of any nation or epoch: those above were not interested in excuses, only in results.

It seemed to me therefore that if I should get the Bill amended and then it got lost, I should incur the great reproach of having obstinately set up my judgment against that of this large number of the ablest men in the country, who were so deeply interested in the matter.

Business was all that interested David and he accepted the responsibility of teaching Abraham this himself.

In effect, he wanted recognition of the black republic, and Adams was interested.

Elder Adelia skulked back to her chair and pretended to be interested in a button computer on the desk.

But the characteristic writers of the time, people like Auden and Spender and MacNeice, have been didactic, political writers, aesthetically conscious, of course, but more interested in subject-matter than in technique.

Upon that Commission the interested nations, that is to say--putting them in alphabetical order--the Africander, the Briton, the Belgian, the Egyptian, the Frenchman, the Italian, the Indian the Portuguese--might all be represented in proportion to their interest.

When Agassiz came into the laboratory, I was extracting and preserving the embryos, being interested in embryology.

Although, as I recall upon several occasions, Agassiz could express his views delightfully and impressively to a single auditor, his eminently social nature and his lifelong habit rendered it easier for him to address a group of interested listeners.

Thomas met the third alieni st Stimpson, a black-jawed man of forty or so who smoked cigars and was interested in experimenting with different sedatives.

How were we to know that in actuality the Amish are small in number in Betastan, invariably well-thought-of by their neighbors, not interested in accumulating large amounts of property and having no interest whatsoever in government?

We are quite interested in Anasazi history and looking forward to visiting your museum this morning.

Leffingwell represents the best-founded position of those interested in protecting animals from needless pain.

The box of condoms Jacob had presented Simon with the day after catching Amanda sleeping in his arms winked up at him, but it was the antistatic straps he had stashed there at some point that interested him at the moment.