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| Sounds | ih'nterahst; ih'nterihst; ih'ntrahst; ih'ntrihst |
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| Rhymes | abolitionist, accompanist, activist, and 198 more rhymes in ahst at the HyperDic website... |
| abortionist, absolutist, activist, and 230 more rhymes in ihst at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | A sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something. |
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| Examples | "an interest in music" |
| Synonyms | involvement |
| Narrower | enthusiasm; concern |
| Broader | curiosity, wonder |
| Verbs | interest; interest |
| Meaning | The power of attracting or holding one's interest (because it is unusual or exciting etc.). |
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| Examples | "they said nothing of great interest"; "primary colors can add interest to a room" |
| Synonyms | interestingness |
| Attributes | interesting; uninteresting |
| Narrower | newsworthiness, news; topicality; color, colour, vividness |
| Broader | power, powerfulness |
| Contrary | uninterestingness |
| Verbs | interest; interest |
| Meaning | A reason for wanting something done. |
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| Examples | "in the interest of safety"; "in the common interest" |
| Synonyms | sake |
| Narrower | behalf |
| Broader | benefit, welfare |
| Meaning | A fixed charge for borrowing money. Usually a percentage of the amount borrowed. |
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| Examples | "how much interest do you pay on your mortgage?" |
| Narrower | compound interest; simple interest |
| Broader | fixed charge, fixed cost, fixed costs |
| Adjectives | interest-bearing |
| Meaning | A diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly). |
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| Examples | "he counts reading among his interests" |
| Synonyms | pastime, pursuit |
| Narrower | avocation, by-line, hobby, sideline, spare-time activity |
| Broader | diversion, recreation |
| Meaning | (law) a right or legal share of something. A financial involvement with something. |
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| Examples | "they have interests all over the world" |
| Synonyms | stake |
| Category | law, jurisprudence |
| Narrower | grubstake; controlling interest; insurable interest; vested interest; security interest; terminable interest; undivided interest, undivided right; fee; equity; reversion; right |
| Broader | share, portion, part, percentage |
| Meaning | (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims. |
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| Examples | "the iron interests stepped up production" |
| Synonyms | interest group |
| Narrower | special interest; vested interest |
| Broader | social group |
| Usage | plural, plural form |
| Meaning | Excite the curiosity of. Engage the interest of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
| Narrower | absorb, engross, engage, occupy; fascinate, transfix, grip, spellbind |
| Broader | arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke |
| Contrary | bore, tire |
| Nouns | interest; interest |
| Meaning | Be on the mind of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
| Model | The bad news will interest him |
| Synonyms | concern, occupy, worry |
| Nouns | interest |
| Meaning | Be of importance or consequence. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | matter to |
| Narrower | intrigue, fascinate |
| Broader | refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on |
| Nouns | interest |