interest

[ˈɪntrəst]

Definition:
1. The feeling that you have when you want to know or learn more about somebody or something.
2. A reason for wanting something done.
3. An activity or a subject that you enjoy and that you spend your free time doing or studying.
4. Be on the mind of.
5. Excite the curiosity of.

Use 'interest' in a sentence:

1. He was a man of wide interests outside his work.
2. That passage interested me because it seems to parallel very closely what you're doing in the novel.
3. Do your parents take an interest in your friends?
4. Just out of interest , how much did it cost?
5. He showed a lively interest in politics.
6. By that time I had lost interest in the idea.
7. He developed a wide range of sporting interests as a pupil at Millfield.
8. What is the City's reaction to the cut in interest rates?
9. She gave an interesting talk on her visit to China.
10. Cross's interest heightened.
11. By that time I had lost (all) interest in the idea.
12. Why would the closure of hospitals be in the public interest?
13. The subject is of no interest to me at all.
14. The local clubs are making every effort to interest more young people.
15. The bank strongly resisted cutting interest rates.
16. Falling interest rates may help to bolster up the economy.
17. He met a lot of interesting people during his life as a student.
18. Your financial problems do not interest me.
19. Interest rates rise from 4% to 5%.
20. Social workers must always consider the best interests of their clients.
21. Interest rates were lifted yesterday.
22. Interest rates should come down.
23. He resigned as finance minister only weeks before the election and stood against big-business interests.
24. They shared a common interest in botany.
25. I watched with interest .
26. Her other business interests include a theme park in Scandinavia and hotels in the West Country.
27. These documents are of particular interest.
28. Interest will be charged for late payment.
29. Interest rates were pumped up last week.
30. Each company is fighting to protect its own commercial interests.
31. As a matter of interest, what time did the party finish?
32. I find it interesting that she claims not to know him.
33. Interest rates are astronomically high.
34. High interest rates have squeezed the industry hard.
35. Interest rates have risen by 1%.
36. Politics doesn't interest me.
37. They share a common interest in photography.
38. These reforms were in the best interests of local government.
39. Interest rates went up.
40. It is interesting to contrast the British legal system with the American one.
41. Interest rates look set to rise again.
42. She showed no interest in her children.
43. She took no interest in the people and things around her.
44. There has been a lively interest in the elections in the last two weeks.
45. Given her interest in children, teaching seems the right job for her.
46. Could I interest you in this model, Sir?
47. It may interest you to know that Miss Woods, the housekeeper, witnessed the attack.
48. My mother's interest had switched to my health.
49. In the meantime I can't interest you in a new car, I suppose?.
50. It would be interesting to know what he really believed.
51. A rise in the interest rates seems inevitable.
52. Did those directors act in the best interests of their club?.
53. Interest rates can be controlled by order of the central bank.
54. This phenomenon piqued Dr. Morris' interest.
55. These plants will add interest to your garden in winter.
56. Interest rates stand at 3%.
57. German interest rates will come down before long.
58. High interest rates are a brake on the economy.
59. Interest rates came down today.
60. High interest rates help to keep borrowing down.
61. The government accused unnamed 'foreign interests' of inciting the trouble.
62. I take no real interest in monumental sculpture.
63. The development was planned without proper regard to the interests of local people.
64. That doesn't interest me in the slightest.
65. As a matter of interest , (= I'd like to know) what time did the party finish?
66. Encourage your child in her interests and hobbies even if they're things that you know little about.
67. Her main interests are music and tennis.
68. Henceforward Utah and Idaho had a common interest.
69. I had no real interest in politics.
70. Just out of interest, how much did it cost?
71. Our interest was purely perfunctory.
72. It is in the public interest that these facts are made known.
73. The social worker would try to get her to see she was acting against the boy's interests.
74. The group wasn't able to interest them in reproducing literature specifically for women.
75. Interest is charged at a flat rate of 11%.
76. His parents tried to discourage his interest in music, but he persisted.
77. They decided to sound out her interest in the project.
78. There are many places of interest near the city.
79. Most of their economic policies serve the interests of big business.