interest
/ˈɪn.tɹɛst/ verb B1- 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.
He/she/it interests · Past interested · Past participle interested · -ing form interesting
Verb forms
- Base form
- interest
- He/she/it
- interests
- Past
- interested
- Past participle
- interested
- -ing form
- interesting
From the library
But what interested Dorothy most was the big throne of green marble that stood in the middle of the room.
He replied, however, in a tone of deep interest:
It just makes me feel glad to be alive--it’s such an interesting world.
It wouldn’t be half so interesting if we knew all about everything, would it?
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