{
    "term": "interested",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "giving your attention to something because you enjoy finding out about it or doing it; showing interest in something and finding it exciting",
            "sensetop": "interested in something/somebodyinterested in doing somethinginterested to do something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He sounded genuinely interested."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm very interested in history.",
                    "contextForm": "interested in something/somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm not particularly interested in art."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Anyone interested in joining the club should contact us at the address below.",
                    "contextForm": "interested in doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We would be interested to hear your views on this subject.",
                    "contextForm": "interested to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an interested audience"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was watching with a politely interested expression on her face."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's a talk on Italian art—are you interested *(= would you like to go)*?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "As a landowner, he was actively interested in agricultural improvements."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ben must have been more than a little interested in the possibility to have pursued it so far."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Carrie was only half interested in the conversation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Charles had long been interested in architecture."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's not in the least bit interested in girls."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I am always interested in how differently people can look at the same event."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I wasn't interested enough in the argument to take sides one way or the other."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If he's seriously interested in applying for the job, he'll do it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She got very interested in politics."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's always been interested in other people."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need to get more young people interested in the sport."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You need to keep your audience interested."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Why do you ask?’ ‘I'm just interested, that's all.’"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["appear", "be", "feel"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["in"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "in a position to gain from a situation or be affected by it",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "As an **interested party**, I was not allowed to vote."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Interested groups will be given three months to give their views on the new development."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were representatives of all the interested parties at the public meeting."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪntrəstɪd//ˈɪntrestɪd/",
                "audio": "in/interested/interested__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪntrəstɪd//ˈɪntrestɪd/",
                "audio": "in/interested/interested__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}