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  • 11interested witness — A witness in a trial who has a personal interest in the outcome of the matter at hand. Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits Category: Wills, Trusts & Estates → Wills Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill.… …

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  • 12interested — (adj.) motivated by self interest, 1705; having an interest or stake (in something); from pp. of INTEREST (Cf. interest) (v.) …

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  • 13interested — [adj] concerned, curious absorbed, affected, attentive, attracted, awakened, biased, caught, drawn, eat sleep and breathe*, engrossed, enticed, excited, fascinated, fired*, gone*, hooked*, implicated, impressed, inspired, inspirited, intent,… …

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  • 14interested — [in′trəstid] adj. 1. having an interest or share; concerned 2. influenced by personal interest; biased or prejudiced 3. feeling or showing interest, or curiosity interestedly adv. interestedness n …

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  • 15interested */*/*/ — UK [ˈɪntrəstɪd] / US [ˈɪntrəstəd] adjective Collocations: Interested describes how you feel: I am extremely interested in art. ♦ She didn t look very interested. Interesting describes things or situations that make you feel interested: I find art …

    English dictionary

  • 16interested — in|terest|ed W2S1 [ˈıntrıstıd] adj 1.) giving a lot of attention to something because you want to find out more about it or because you enjoy it ≠ ↑uninterested, bored ↑bored interested in ▪ I ve always been interested in music. ▪ All she s… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17interested — in|ter|est|ed [ ıntrəstəd ] adjective *** 1. ) not usually before noun wanting to know about or take part in something: interested in: interested in sports be interested to hear/know/learn/see etc.: I d be interested to hear what you think. not… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 18interested — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, feel, look, seem, sound ▪ become, get ▪ She got very interested in politics …

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  • 19interested*/*/*/ — [ˈɪntrəstɪd] adj 1) wanting to know about or take part in something Ant: uninterested Joe s always been interested in politics.[/ex] 2) willing or keen to do something We re going to the cinema. Are you interested (= would you like to come… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 20interested — adj. 1) deeply, greatly, highly, keenly, very much interested 2) interested in (we are interested in politics) 3) interested to + inf. (you will be interested to know that an agreement has been reached) * * * [ ɪntrɪstɪd] greatly highly keenly… …

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