| NOUN | cognition | interest, involvement | a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something |
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| attribute | interest, sake | a reason for wanting something done | |
| attribute | interest, interestingness | the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.) | |
| possession | interest | a fixed charge for borrowing money | |
| possession | interest, stake | (law) a right or legal share of something | |
| group | interest, interest group | (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims | |
| act | interest, pastime, pursuit | a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly) | |
| VERB | emotion | interest | excite the curiosity of |
| stative | interest, concern, occupy, worry | be on the mind of | |
| stative | interest, matter to | be of importance or consequence |
| Sounds | ih'nterahst; ih'nterihst; ih'ntrahst; ih'ntrihst | |
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| Rhymes | abolitionist ... zoologist: 193 rhymes with ahst... | |
| abortionist ... Zionist: 245 rhymes with ihst... | ||
| Meaning | A sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something. | |
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| Example | "an interest in music" | |
| Synonym | involvement | |
| Narrower | concern | Something that interests you because it is important or affects you |
| enthusiasm | A lively interest | |
| Broader | curiosity, wonder | A state in which you want to learn more about something |
| Spanish | interés | |
| Catalan | interès | |
| Verbs | interest | excite the curiosity of |
| interest | be on the mind of | |
| Meaning | A reason for wanting something done. | |
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| Synonym | sake | |
| Narrower | behalf | For someone's benefit (usually expressed as 'in behalf' rather than 'on behalf' and usually with a possessive) |
| Broader | benefit, welfare | Something that aids or promotes well-being |
| Spanish | beneficio, bien, interés, provecho | |
| Catalan | bé, benefici, profit | |
| Meaning | The power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.). | |
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| Synonym | interestingness | |
| Attributes | interesting | Arousing or holding the attention |
| uninteresting | Arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement | |
| Narrower | charisma, personal appeal, personal magnetism | A personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence others |
| color, colour, vividness | interest and variety and intensity | |
| newsworthiness, news | The quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins | |
| shrillness | The quality of being sharp or harsh to the senses | |
| topicality | The attribute of being of interest at the present time | |
| Broader | power, powerfulness | possession of controlling influence |
| Opposite | uninterestingness | inability to capture or hold one's interest |
| Spanish | interés | |
| Catalan | interès | |
| Verbs | interest | excite the curiosity of |
| interest | be of importance or consequence | |
| Meaning | A fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed. | |
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| Example | "how much interest do you pay on your mortgage?" | |
| Narrower | compound interest | interest calculated on both the principal and the accrued interest |
| simple interest | interest paid on the principal alone | |
| Broader | fixed charge, fixed cost, fixed costs | A periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.) |
| Spanish | interés | |
| Catalan | interès | |
| Adjectives | interest-bearing | of financial obligations on which interest is paid |
| Meaning | (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something. | |
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| Example | "they have interests all over the world" | |
| Synonym | stake | |
| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Narrower | controlling interest | ownership of more than 50% of a corporation's voting shares |
| equity | The ownership interest of shareholders in a corporation | |
| fee | An interest in land capable of being inherited | |
| grubstake | funds advanced to a prospector or to someone starting a business in return for a share of the profits / profits | |
| insurable interest | An interest in a person or thing that will support the issuance of an insurance policy | |
| reversion | (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee) | |
| right | (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing | |
| security interest | Any interest in a property that secures the payment of an obligation | |
| terminable interest | An interest in property that terminates under specific conditions | |
| undivided interest, undivided right | The interest in property owned by tenants / tenants / tenants whereby each tenant / tenant / tenant has an equal right to enjoy / enjoy / enjoy / enjoy / enjoy the entire property | |
| vested interest | (law) an interest in which there is a fixed right to present or future enjoyment and that can be conveyed to another | |
| Broader | share, portion, part, percentage | assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group |
| Spanish | interés, participación | |
| Catalan | interès, participació | |
| Meaning | (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims. | |
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| Example | "the iron interests stepped up production" | |
| Synonym | interest group | |
| Narrower | special interest, special-interest group, special interest group, advocacy group, lobby group, lobby, pressure group, third house | A group of people who try actively to influence legislation / legislation |
| vested interest | groups that seek to control a social ... / social system or activity from which they derive private benefit | |
| Broader | social group | People sharing some social relation |
| Usage of | plural, plural form | The form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
| Meaning | A diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly). | |
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| Example | "he counts reading among his interests" | |
| Synonyms | pastime, pursuit | |
| Narrower | avocation, by-line, hobby, pursuit, sideline, spare-time activity | An auxiliary activity |
| Broader | diversion, recreation | An activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates / stimulates |
| Spanish | afición, distracción, entretenimiento, hobby, interés, pasatiempo | |
| Catalan | afició, distracció, entreteniment, passatemps | |
| 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 | Consume all of one's attention or time |
| fascinate, transfix, grip, spellbind | To render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe | |
| Broader | arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke | Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) |
| Opposite | bore, tire | Cause to be bored |
| Spanish | aficionar, interesarse, interesar | |
| Catalan | aficionar, interessar-se, interessar | |
| Nouns | interest | the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.) |
| interest | a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something | |
| 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 | |
| Spanish | aficionar, interesar, ocupar, preocupar | |
| Catalan | aficionar, interessar, ocupar, preocupar | |
| Nouns | interest | a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something |
| Meaning | Be of importance or consequence. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | matter to | |
| Narrower | intrigue, fascinate | Cause to be interested or curious |
| Broader | refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have to do with | Be relevant to |
| Spanish | aficionar, interesar | |
| Catalan | aficionar, interessar | |
| Nouns | interest | the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.) |
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