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interest en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɪn.tɹəst/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈɪn.tɚst/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈɪn.tɹɛst/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈɪn.tɹɛst/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɪn.tɚ.ɛst/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈɪn.tɚ.əst/ (Canada, General-American)
  • (General-American) audio
  • /ˈɪn.t(ə.)ɹest/ (Australia)
  • /ˈɪn.t(ə.)ɹɪst/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English interest, from Old French interesse and interest (French intérêt), from Medieval Latin interesse, from Latin interesse.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed.
    • Our bank offers borrowers an annual interest of 5%.
  2. (uncountable, usually) Any excess over and above an exact equivalent
    • You shall have your desires with interest c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
  3. (uncountable, usually) A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity.
    • Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’ and if you don't look out there's likely to be some nice, lively dog taking an interest in your underpinning.” 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
    • He has a lot of interest in vintage cars.
    • I have a lot of interest in doing online coding.
    • The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter X, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
  4. (uncountable, usually) Attention that is given to or received from someone or something.
    • […] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
    • Over the past few years, however, interest has waxed again. A series of epidemiological studies, none big enough to be probative, but all pointing in the same direction, persuaded Emma Wilmot of the University of Leicester, in Britain, to carry out a meta-analysis. This is a technique that combines diverse studies in a statistically meaningful way. 2013 August 10, “Standing orders”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
    • Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion." 2013 June 21, Chico Harlan, “Japan pockets the subsidy […]”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 30:
  5. (in-plural, often, uncountable, usually) Advantage, welfare, or something that serves it.
    • The whole difference comes down to this, that Trotsky believed himself to 'represent the historical interests of the proletariat', while Stalin believed that he, Stalin, did so. 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 198:
  6. (countable, usually) An involvement, claim, right, share, stake in or link with a financial, business, or other undertaking or endeavor.
    • She has an interest in the proceedings, and all stakeholders' interests must be protected.
    • When scientists and doctors write articles and when politicians run for office, they are required in many countries to declare any existing conflicts of interest (competing interests).
    • I have business interests in South Africa.
    • However he lost out, as other business interests whom he had alienated by his efforts to squeeze every penny of profit from the canal, supported the construction of the railway. 2025 June 25, Christian Wolmar, “How slow boats gradually gave way to rail”, in RAIL, number 1038, page 57:
  7. (countable, usually) Something which, or someone whom, one is interested in.
    • The main character's romantic interest will be played by a non-professional actor.
    • Lexicography is one of my interests.
    • Victorian furniture is an interest of mine.
  8. (uncountable, usually) Condition or quality of exciting concern or being of importance.
    • The Conscience indeed is already violated when to moral good or evil we oppose things possessing no moral interest: […] 1809 September 7, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “THURSDAY, September 7, 1809”, in The Friend; a Literary, Moral, and Political Weekly Paper, […], number 4, Penrith, Cumbria: […] J. Brown; and sold by Messrs. Longman and Co. […], and Clement, […], →OCLC, page 52:
  9. (obsolete, rare, uncountable, usually) Injury, or compensation for injury; damages.
    • How can this infinite beauty, power and goodnes admit any correspondencie or similitude with a thing so base and abject as we are, without extreme interest and manifest derogation from his divine greatnesse? 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
  10. (in-plural, often, uncountable, usually) The persons and companies interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively.
    • the iron interest;  the cotton interest
    • The ‘Railway Interest’ in Parliament constituted a very powerful lobby at this time [mid to late nineteenth century]. It was pledged to put the railway case forward in all matters involving that industry that came before Parliament. This body of MPs was composed of men who were nearly all railway directors or major shareholders. Their influence waned in the early twentieth century but earlier they formed a phalanx of robust opposition to just about every proposal for government regulation of matters pertaining to railways. 2023, David Brandon, The General Strike 1926: A New History, Pen and Sword Books Ltd, →ISBN, page 29:
  11. (attributive, historical, uncountable, usually) A genre of factual short films, generally more amusing than informative, especially those not covered by a more specific genre label.
    • By interest films is meant a variety of subjects which cannot be classified under such recognized headings as fiction, travel, or topical. They include wonderful inventions, little known industries, applied art, feats of engineering, and other events capable of effective illustration. 1921 Davidson Boughey, The Film Industry (London : Sir Isaac Pitman) p. 76
    • The arrangements made ensured that the total cost of censorship could be kept down to one-fifth of a penny per foot of film censored (and even one-tenth of a penny per foot in cases of Topical, Travel, Interest and Educational Films). 1924 March 5, Kevin O'Higgins, “CENSORSHIP OF FILMS ACT, 1923”, in Dáil debates, volume 6, number 22:
    • At the top of Charing Cross Road is the "Tatler," which has specialised for a long time in a general sort of program, built up of about 15 minutes of news, a cartoon (sometimes two), an interest picture, occasionally a comedy, and nearly always a documentary. 1939 March-April, J. Neill-Brown, "The Industry's Front Page" The Cine-Technician (London) Vol. 4 no. 20 p. 200

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
interess alternative, obsolete lexicographic
enterest alternative, obsolete lexicographic
intherest alternative lexicographic
interests Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

trust · syndicate · industry

Deriveds

adverse interest (Terms derived from interest) · indication of interest (Financial terms) · deposit interest retention tax (Terms derived from interest) · interest cover (Financial terms) · fee simple subject to executory interest (Terms derived from interest) · shifting executory interest (Terms derived from interest) · counterinterest (Terms derived from interest) · time-preference theory of interest (Terms derived from interest) · riding interest (Terms derived from interest) · interest-sensitive (Terms derived from interest) · noninterest (Terms derived from interest) · interest-free (Terms derived from interest) · interest inventory (Terms derived from interest) · interest expense (Financial terms) · point of interest (Terms derived from interest) · of interest (Terms derived from interest) · insurable interest (Financial terms) · interest in land (Terms derived from interest) · community interest company (Terms derived from interest) · pooling of interest (Financial terms) · legitimate interest (Terms derived from interest) · super-compound interest (Terms derived from interest) · special interest group (Terms derived from interest) · person of interest (Terms derived from interest) · interest rate swap (Terms derived from interest) · deferred interest bond (Financial terms) · vest in interest (Terms derived from interest) · possessory interest (Terms derived from interest) · executory interest (Terms derived from interest) · adverse interest rule (Terms derived from interest) · expression of interest (Terms derived from interest) · in the interest of justice (Terms derived from interest) · earnings before interest and taxes (Financial terms) · negative interest (Terms derived from interest) · interest-bearing (Terms derived from interest) · rate of interest (Terms derived from interest) · supercompound interest (Terms derived from interest) · interest rate guarantee (Terms derived from interest) · national interest (Terms derived from interest) · subinterest (Terms derived from interest) · self-interest (Terms derived from interest) · hyperinterest (Terms derived from interest) · uninterest (Terms derived from interest) · rooting interest (Terms derived from interest) · overinterest (Terms derived from interest) · interestless (Terms derived from interest) · interest group (Non-financial terms) · in the interest of time (Terms derived from interest) · springing executory interest (Terms derived from interest) · by-interest (Terms derived from interest) · conflict of interest (Non-financial terms) · interest rate (Terms derived from interest)

Hyponyms

future interest (Non-financial terms) · minority interest (Financial terms) · unearned interest (Financial terms) · love interest (Non-financial terms) · capitalized interest (Financial terms) · prepaid interest (Financial terms) · carried interest (Financial terms) · place of interest (Non-financial terms) · public interest (Non-financial terms) · short interest (Financial terms) · nominee interest (Financial terms) · undivided interest (Non-financial terms) · ordinary interest (Financial terms) · life interest (Non-financial terms) · controlling interest (Financial terms) · legal interest (Non-financial terms) · insurable interest (Financial terms) · true interest cost (Financial terms) · open interest (Financial terms) · exact interest (Financial terms) · simple interest (Financial terms) · beneficial interest (Financial terms) · human interest (Non-financial terms) · vested interest (Non-financial terms) · imputed interest (Financial terms) · self-interest (Non-financial terms) · special interest (Non-financial terms) · royalty interest (Non-financial terms) · terminable interest (Non-financial terms) · working interest (Non-financial terms) · compound interest (Financial terms) · consumer interest (Financial terms) · accrued interest (Financial terms) · marine interest (Non-financial terms) · security interest (Financial terms)

Synonyms

oker (fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed) · cost of money (fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed)

Translations (306)

sh и̏нтере̄с (great attention and concern from someone) · ca interès (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · ko 리식 (finance: price of credit) · el ενδιαφέρον (great attention and concern from someone) · fi intressi (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · fi kiinnostus (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · ar اِهْتِمَام (great attention and concern from someone) · pt interesse (great attention and concern from someone) · gv foayr (great attention and concern from someone) · uk заціка́влення (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · da interessant (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · tr ürem (finance: price of credit) · mk камата (finance: price of credit) · nn interesse (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · th ดอกเบี้ย (finance: price of credit) · ru интере́с (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · tl interes (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · sh и̏нтере̄с (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · ur بَہْرَہ (finance: price of credit) · fr intérêt (great attention and concern from someone) · sh ȉnterēs (great attention and concern from someone) · ko 흥미 (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · hi रुचि (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · hu érdekeltség (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · ja 利息 (finance: price of credit) · ta ஆர்வம் (something one is interested in) · cs zájem (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · pdt Entras (finance: price of credit) · ky пайыз (finance: price of credit) · nb interesse (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · kmr mereq (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · nb interesse (great attention and concern from someone) · pt juros (finance: price of credit) · is vextir (finance: price of credit) · oc interès (finance: price of credit) · ja 関心 (great attention and concern from someone) · hy հետաքրքրություն (great attention and concern from someone) · pt interesse (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · fi kiinnostuksen kohde (something one is interested in) · ms bunga (finance: price of credit) · nn interesse (great attention and concern from someone) · he עניין \ עִנְיָן (great attention and concern from someone) · fi kiinnostus (great attention and concern from someone) · bn সুদ (finance: price of credit) · hi रुचि (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · sh и̏нтере̄с (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · pl interesy (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · lv procenti (finance: price of credit) · scn ntiressi (great attention and concern from someone) · da hobby (something one is interested in) · ja 利益 (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · it interesse (great attention and concern from someone) · sq interesim (great attention and concern from someone) · tl interes (finance: price of credit) · kmr entres (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · yue 利息 (finance: price of credit) · ta அக்கறை (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · fa-ira سود (finance: price of credit) · hy շահ (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · kmr mereq (great attention and concern from someone) · de Zinsen (finance: price of credit) · la usura (finance: price of credit) · fa-ira بَهْرِه (finance: price of credit) · cmn 興趣 /兴趣 (great attention and concern from someone) · tg суд (finance: price of credit) · ko 흥미 (great attention and concern from someone) · mi aronga (something one is interested in) · be інтарэ́с (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · el τόκος (finance: price of credit) · oc interès (great attention and concern from someone) · sk úrok (finance: price of credit) · eo interezo (finance: price of credit) · da interesse (something one is interested in) · uk інтере́с (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · ro interes (great attention and concern from someone) · ka პროცენტი (finance: price of credit) · ja 関心 (something one is interested in) · be інтарэ́с (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · pl odsetka (finance: price of credit) · ro preocupare (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · de Interesse (great attention and concern from someone) · fr intérêt (something one is interested in) · kmr entres (great attention and concern from someone) · mi pānga (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · tl tubo (finance: price of credit) · lv interese (great attention and concern from someone) · nds-de Tins (finance: price of credit) · uk інтере́с (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · ko 리자 (finance: price of credit) · es interés (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · cy budd (finance: price of credit) · et intress (finance: price of credit) · ro interes (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · grc τόκος (finance: price of credit) · kmr balkêşî (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · ja 関心 (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · bg интере́с (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · mk интерес (great attention and concern from someone) · sl obresti (finance: price of credit) · ug ئۆسۈم (finance: price of credit) · ga suim (great attention and concern from someone) · te వడ్డీ (finance: price of credit) · nv ínáóltąʼí (finance: price of credit) · az maraq (great attention and concern from someone) · ko 관심 (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · lt palūkanos (finance: price of credit) · bg интере́с (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · eo intereso (great attention and concern from someone) · ko 이식 (finance: price of credit) · tr çıkar (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · te ఆసక్తి (great attention and concern from someone) · hu érdek (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · hi रुचि (great attention and concern from someone) · mn хүү (finance: price of credit) · pt interesse (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · es aras (great attention and concern from someone) · fa-ira عَلاقِه (great attention and concern from someone) · ky процент (finance: price of credit) · ta அக்கறை (great attention and concern from someone) · it interesse (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · sv intresse (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · gd suim (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · tk göterim (finance: price of credit) · bg ли́хва (finance: price of credit) · ca interès (finance: price of credit) · fi mielenkiinnon kohde (something one is interested in) · it interesse (finance: price of credit) · ur سُود (finance: price of credit) · tr ilgi (great attention and concern from someone) · ml പലിശ (finance: price of credit) · ckb سوو (finance: price of credit) · he עִנְיָן (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · eo intereso (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · tl patubo (finance: price of credit) · alt јилбӱ (great attention and concern from someone) · vo nited (great attention and concern from someone) · ro dobândă (finance: price of credit) · uk інтере́с (great attention and concern from someone) · mr स्वारस्य (great attention and concern from someone) · sh ка̏мата (finance: price of credit) · tg баҳра (finance: price of credit) · ota فائض (finance: price of credit) · fr intérêt (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · ja 興味 (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · hu érdeklődés (great attention and concern from someone) · nl interest (finance: price of credit) · sh и̏нтере̄с (finance: price of credit) · tr faiz (finance: price of credit) · mk интерес (finance: price of credit) · ko 이익 (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · ca interesso (something one is interested in) · ru интере́с (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · lt interesas (great attention and concern from someone) · yue 興趣 /兴趣 (great attention and concern from someone) · cs úrok (finance: price of credit) · be адсо́так (finance: price of credit) · he עִנְיָן (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · nn rente (finance: price of credit) · fi omistus (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · shn ဢတူဝ်း (finance: price of credit) · fi vahingonkorvaus ((obsolete in English) compensation for injury) · it interesse (something one is interested in) · hi रुचि (something one is interested in) · eu interes (finance: price of credit) · ko 이자 (finance: price of credit) · fi sidonnaisuus (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · lo ດອກເບ້ຍ (finance: price of credit) · hu figyelem (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · et huvi (great attention and concern from someone) · hi ब्याज (finance: price of credit) · ja 趣味 (something one is interested in) · sl interes (great attention and concern from someone) · ia interesse (great attention and concern from someone) · fi harrastus (something one is interested in) · shn ၶီႈငိုၼ်း (finance: price of credit) · lt procentai (finance: price of credit) · tl hilig (something one is interested in) · pl odsetek (finance: price of credit) · uk відсо́ток (finance: price of credit) · he תשומת לב (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · ca interès (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · ru интере́с (great attention and concern from someone) · prs بَهْرَه (finance: price of credit) · sv intresse (great attention and concern from someone) · nl belangstelling (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · sh ȉnterēs (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · tl kawilihan (great attention and concern from someone) · jv uyahan (finance: price of credit) · pl zainteresowanie (great attention and concern from someone) · fa-ira اِهْتِمام (great attention and concern from someone) · es interés (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · udm тунсык (great attention and concern from someone) · nl belang (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · it interessamento (something one is interested in) · sh ȉnterēs (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · sv ränta (finance: price of credit) · ta இழப்பீடு ((obsolete in English) compensation for injury) · kmr entres (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · id minat (great attention and concern from someone) · id kepentingan (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · ar فَائِدَة (finance: price of credit) · el συμφέρον (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · he ריבית \ רִבִּית (finance: price of credit) · ga ús (finance: price of credit) · kk пайыз (finance: price of credit) · id renten (finance: price of credit) · km ការប្រាក់ (finance: price of credit) · sw faida (finance: price of credit) · tg шавқ (great attention and concern from someone) · ms faedah (finance: price of credit) · he אינטרס (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · nl interesse (great attention and concern from someone) · uk проце́нт (finance: price of credit) · ro interes (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · hu érdeklődés (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · uz foiz (finance: price of credit) · ca interès (great attention and concern from someone) · nb rente (finance: price of credit) · hu kamat (finance: price of credit) · sh kȁmata (finance: price of credit) · da rente (finance: price of credit) · tg фоиз (finance: price of credit) · be працэ́нт (finance: price of credit) · bho सूद (finance: price of credit) · sq interes (finance: price of credit) · ms kepentingan (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · nl interesse (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · vi lãi (finance: price of credit) · ga spéis (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · fr intérêt (finance: price of credit) · my ဝါသနာ (something one is interested in) · ja 興味 (great attention and concern from someone) · ko 리익 (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · lld fit (finance: price of credit) · es interés (something one is interested in) · hy հետաքրքրություն (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · gd suim (great attention and concern from someone) · ml താല്പര്യം (great attention and concern from someone) · ml താല്പര്യം (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · kmr sûd (finance: price of credit) · da dille (something one is interested in) · sq gjedheshtër (finance: price of credit) · fi mielenkiinto (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · nl rente (finance: price of credit) · be інтарэ́с (great attention and concern from someone) · cs zájem (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · kk қызығу (great attention and concern from someone) · ga suim (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · tr getiri (finance: price of credit) · uz protsent (finance: price of credit) · es aras (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · prs سُود (finance: price of credit) · kmr balkêşî (great attention and concern from someone) · uk заціка́вленість (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · hy տոկոս (finance: price of credit) · id ketertarikan (great attention and concern from someone) · fi korko (finance: price of credit) · bg интере́с (great attention and concern from someone) · ur دِلْچَسْپی (great attention and concern from someone) · kk мүдде (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · hu érdeklődés tárgya (something one is interested in) · el ενδιαφέρον (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · ga spéis (great attention and concern from someone) · ms minat (great attention and concern from someone) · udm интерес (great attention and concern from someone) · mi moni whakatupu (finance: price of credit) · id bunga (finance: price of credit) · my အတိုး (finance: price of credit) · fi etu (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · hi सूद (finance: price of credit) · uk ціка́вість (great attention and concern from someone) · lv augļi (finance: price of credit) · ru проце́нт (finance: price of credit) · kk процент (finance: price of credit) · sk záujem (great attention and concern from someone) · be ціка́васць (great attention and concern from someone) · ro interes material (great attention and concern from someone) · he עִנְיָן (something one is interested in) · ko 관심 (great attention and concern from someone) · ht enterè (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · ky кызыгуу (great attention and concern from someone) · sl zanimanje (great attention and concern from someone) · it attenzione (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · lt susidomėjimas (great attention and concern from someone) · mr व्याज (finance: price of credit) · hu érdeklődési kör (something one is interested in) · sh ȉnterēs (finance: price of credit) · ur عِلاقَہ (great attention and concern from someone) · fi mielenkiinto (great attention and concern from someone) · af belangstelling (attention that is given to or received from someone or something) · az faiz (finance: price of credit) · es interés (great attention and concern from someone) · fi ala (persons interested in any particular business or measure) · is áhugi (great attention and concern from someone) · la faenus (finance: price of credit) · pt interesse (something one is interested in) · da interesse (great attention and concern from someone) · lt domėjimasis (great attention and concern from someone) · ja 利子 (finance: price of credit) · cmn 利息 (finance: price of credit) · cmn 利益 (involvement in or link with financial, business, or other undertaking) · es interés (finance: price of credit) · gl xuros (finance: price of credit) · cs zájem (great attention and concern from someone) · mi aronga (great attention and concern from someone) · ta வட்டி (finance: price of credit)

interest en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɪn.tɹəst/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈɪn.tɚst/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈɪn.tɹɛst/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈɪn.tɹɛst/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɪn.tɚ.ɛst/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈɪn.tɚ.əst/ (Canada, General-American)
  • (General-American) audio
  • /ˈɪn.t(ə.)ɹest/ (Australia)
  • /ˈɪn.t(ə.)ɹɪst/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English interest, from Old French interesse and interest (French intérêt), from Medieval Latin interesse, from Latin interesse.

Meanings

  1. To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing.
    • It might interest you to learn that others have already tried that approach.
    • Action films don't really interest me.
  2. (impersonal, obsolete, often) To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite.
    • Oh, rather, gracious sir, / Create me to this glory; since my cause / Doth interest this fair quarrel; valued least, / I am his equal. 1840, Philip Massinger, Ford, John, The Dramatic Works of Massinger and Ford, Harvard University, published 1840, →OCLC, page 112:
  3. (obsolete) To cause or permit to share.
    • 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. [1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
interests Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
interesting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
enterest alternative, obsolete lexicographic
interess alternative, obsolete lexicographic
intherest alternative lexicographic
interested Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
interested Tense=Past lexicographic

Antonyms

disinterest · bore

Deriveds

reinterest · interestable · interesting · interested

Translations (57)

nn interessera (to attract attention or concern) · pl zainteresować (to attract attention or concern) · pl ciekawić (to attract attention or concern) · nn interessere (to attract attention or concern) · hu érdekel (to attract attention or concern) · dsb zajmowaś (to attract attention or concern) · vo nitedön (to attract attention or concern) · cs zajímat (to attract attention or concern) · et huvi äratama (to attract attention or concern) · pl zaciekawić (to attract attention or concern) · sv intressera (to attract attention or concern) · lt suinteresuoti (to attract attention or concern) · mi aro (to attract attention or concern) · fi kiinnostaa (to attract attention or concern) · be ціка́віць (to attract attention or concern) · it attrarre (to attract attention or concern) · ca interessar (to attract attention or concern) · lv interesēties (to attract attention or concern) · pl zajmować (to attract attention or concern) · lv interesēt (to attract attention or concern) · ru интересова́ть (to attract attention or concern) · pl interesować (to attract attention or concern) · yua k’abéet (to attract attention or concern) · de interessieren (to attract attention or concern) · ja 興味を引く (to attract attention or concern) · ru заинтересова́ться (to attract attention or concern) · sh интересовати (to attract attention or concern) · az maraq (to attract attention or concern) · vi làm... chú ý (to attract attention or concern) · cmn 使……感興趣 /使……感兴趣 (to attract attention or concern) · sh interesirati (to attract attention or concern) · es interesar (to attract attention or concern) · lt dominti (to attract attention or concern) · eo interesi (to attract attention or concern) · ko 흥미를 끌다 (to attract attention or concern) · fr intéresser (to attract attention or concern) · uk інтересува́ти (to attract attention or concern) · hy հետաքրքրել (to attract attention or concern) · mi āro (to attract attention or concern) · sh zanimati se (to attract attention or concern) · sh interesovati (to attract attention or concern) · el ενδιαφέρω (to attract attention or concern) · it interessare (to attract attention or concern) · ru заинтересова́ть (to attract attention or concern) · nl interesseren (to attract attention or concern) · lt domėtis (to attract attention or concern) · bg заинтересувам (to attract attention or concern) · ms menarik minat (to attract attention or concern) · sh zanimati (to attract attention or concern) · da interessere (to attract attention or concern) · pl zaciekawiać (to attract attention or concern) · ro interesa (to attract attention or concern) · ru интересова́ться (to attract attention or concern) · uk ціка́вити (to attract attention or concern) · pt interessar (to attract attention or concern) · pl zająć (to attract attention or concern) · nb interessere (to attract attention or concern)