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{
"term": "interested",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "giving your attention to something because you enjoy finding out about it or doing it; showing interest in something and finding it exciting",
"sensetop": "interested in something/somebodyinterested in doing somethinginterested to do something",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He sounded genuinely interested."
},
{
"text": "I'm very interested in history.",
"contextForm": "interested in something/somebody"
},
{
"text": "I'm not particularly interested in art."
},
{
"text": "Anyone interested in joining the club should contact us at the address below.",
"contextForm": "interested in doing something"
},
{
"text": "We would be interested to hear your views on this subject.",
"contextForm": "interested to do something"
},
{
"text": "an interested audience"
},
{
"text": "She was watching with a politely interested expression on her face."
},
{
"text": "There's a talk on Italian art—are you interested *(= would you like to go)*?"
},
{
"text": "As a landowner, he was actively interested in agricultural improvements."
},
{
"text": "Ben must have been more than a little interested in the possibility to have pursued it so far."
},
{
"text": "Carrie was only half interested in the conversation."
},
{
"text": "Charles had long been interested in architecture."
},
{
"text": "He's not in the least bit interested in girls."
},
{
"text": "I am always interested in how differently people can look at the same event."
},
{
"text": "I wasn't interested enough in the argument to take sides one way or the other."
},
{
"text": "If he's seriously interested in applying for the job, he'll do it."
},
{
"text": "She got very interested in politics."
},
{
"text": "He's always been interested in other people."
},
{
"text": "We need to get more young people interested in the sport."
},
{
"text": "You need to keep your audience interested."
},
{
"text": "‘Why do you ask?’ ‘I'm just interested, that's all.’"
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["appear", "be", "feel"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["in"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "in a position to gain from a situation or be affected by it",
"examples": [
{
"text": "As an **interested party**, I was not allowed to vote."
},
{
"text": "Interested groups will be given three months to give their views on the new development."
},
{
"text": "There were representatives of all the interested parties at the public meeting."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɪntrəstɪd//ˈɪntrestɪd/",
"audio": "in/interested/interested__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɪntrəstɪd//ˈɪntrestɪd/",
"audio": "in/interested/interested__us_1_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}