to interest
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1.0
- verb
- /ˈɪntrəst/
- And for me, what interests me is freedom.
- topics that interest
- to interest students
- genres that interest
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Watch on YouTubeAnd for me, what interests me is freedom.
- And for me, what interests me is freedom.
- Rather than if you see a problem that interests you, go toward it.
- And this is basically when the activities which interest you started.
- But what interests me is, is the way that.
Examples
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I got some cold meat set out, might interest you.
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Studies of human proportion with various techniques continued to interest artists over the centuries.
Academic text (1992) -
And what could you possibly have that would interest me?
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Can I interest you... no?
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You know, I think I have something that might interest you over on the table, there.
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Can I interest you in one of these?
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So, what kinds of things interest you?
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If students are engaged in challenging activities that interest them, they can learn anything.
Academic text (2015) -
Having the fiction books divided by genre helps students easily locate books that interest them.
Academic text (2013) -
Are there any books that interest you in the library?
Synonyms
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1.9
Make people notice or want something
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2.5
To make people notice something or someone
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5.1
To make someone curious or interested
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3.4
To attract and hold someone's strong interest or attention
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2.8
Make someone notice you or something
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4.7
To make someone want to know more
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3.0
To get noticed and make people interested
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3.8
To make someone feel curious about something and want to know more
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3.4
To make someone want to know more
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
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2.3
The extra money you pay when you borrow or receive when you save each year
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3.6
A group or organization that tries to influence government decisions to help its own members
- Formal
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1.9
A situation when someone has two interests that could affect their decisions
- Specialized
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3.4
A loan or card that charges only a small extra amount for borrowing money
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3.8
A person or group that benefits from the current situation and tries to keep it
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3.9
A group that tries to influence government decisions often by talking to politicians
- Specialized
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3.5
Having more than half the voting shares of a company gives control over its decisions
- Specialized
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3.1
Extra money added to your savings and then paid again on that amount
- Specialized
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3.9
Money a company pays for borrowing money recorded as a cost in its accounts
- Jargon
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3.5
A small group inside an organization that works on a specific topic or project, not for politics
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A feeling of wanting a team, person, or cause to win because you care about them
- Specialized
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The lowest interest rate banks charge to their best business customers
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A group of people who try to influence government decisions about one issue
- Formal
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A legal right to get money if a person dies or property is damaged because you would lose money
- Specialized
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3.4
Extra money added only to the original amount, not to any earlier added money
A large amount of attention and worry from many people about an event or issue
- Archaic
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7.5
A way of joining two companies' financial records by adding what they own and what they owe, often avoiding tax
- Formal
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9.9
A temporary right to property that ends on a set event, for example death or remarriage
- Formal
A legal right someone already has that cannot be taken away and can be moved to another person
How Interesting
Surface Forms
Etymology
Interest comes from the Latin parts inter- ('between') and esse ('to be'), which gave the idea 'it matters'. So to interest someone is to put something 'between' their thoughts and attention — in other words to attract their attention.