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high-interest

high-interest

1 3.8
Likely to attract a lot of attention from many people
  • adjective
  • /haɪ ˈɪntrəst/
translation icon : de gran interés
  • Other professions have made the most of the high interest in minorities by actively recruiting, using incentives, and offering better working conditions (Henniger, 1989).

Examples

  • Tourism Tropical North Queensland chief executive Rob Giason said the eclipse had brought many tourists, with high interest from Japan, the United States, and Britain.

    Blog text (28)
  • For anyone interested in food and cooking, this development is of high interest.

    Academic text (1991)
  • The user group expressed high interest in CHI education before the program, and it grew even higher afterward.

    Academic text (2012)
  • But making high-interest books readily accessible to children makes good sense.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The grant proposal focused on the need to increase student motivation for physical activity by incorporating high-interest cooperative activities into the elementary and middle school PE curriculum.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Collectively, we had researched high-interest fiction as well as nonfiction texts matched to grade-level standards, all of which were written below grade level and which we thought Hope and other students would consider fun and easy.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The documentary about climate change has generated high interest among viewers across various age groups.

  • The new smartphone with innovative features has sparked high interest in the tech community.

  • After the shocking news, there was high interest from media outlets seeking interviews with the witnesses.

Synonyms

high profile
vshigh-interest
130 3.6

A job or position that gets a lot of public attention

is likely to attract strong attention or curiosity rather than just being known

Antonyms

20 1.4

Not exciting and likely to make people bored

How Interesting

riveting
19 5.6
high-interest
1 3.8
engaging
12 3.5
interesting
1.0
dull
182 1.3

Surface Forms

high-interest positive

Morphology

high-interest = high + interest (transparent) = high + interest

Compound 'high' + 'interest' meaning 'of great interest'; learners who know the parts can infer this attributive sense.

Etymology

The phrase high-interest comes from high and interest, but here interest means 'attention' or 'curiosity' and high means 'great'. So a high-interest story is one that gets a lot of attention.