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• interest — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. concern; touch, affect; fascinate, engross, intrigue; hold [the attention], engage, absorb. See excitement. n. concern; welfare, benefit; payment, sum, advantage, profit; part, share, holding; claim,… …   English dictionary for students

• interest — in·ter·est / in trəst; in tə rəst, ˌrest/ n [probably alteration of earlier interesse, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin, from Latin, to be between, make a difference, concern, from inter between, among + esse to be] 1: a right, title, claim …   Law dictionary

• interest — Synonyms and related words: absolute interest, absorb, absorption, accent, accrued dividends, accumulated dividends, acquisitiveness, activities, activity, advantage, advocacy, aegis, affair, affairs, affect, affect the interest, agacerie,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• interest — n 1. engrossment, engagement, absorption, undivided attention; attentiveness, advertence, heed, concernment; concern, regard, attention, consideration, scrutiny, notice, study; curiosity, inquisitiveness, itch, interestedness. 2. concern,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• interest — [n1] attraction, curiosity absorption, activity, affection, attentiveness, care, case, concern, concernment, consequence, diversion, engrossment, enthusiasm, excitement, game, hobby, importance, interestedness, into, leisure activity, matter,… …   New thesaurus

• interest — I n. concern curiosity 1) to arouse, generate, pique, stir up; revive interest (in) 2) to hold smb. s interest 3) to demonstrate, display, evince, manifest, show interest 4) to express; take an interest in (she took a keen interest in the… …   Combinatory dictionary

• interest — 1. noun 1) we listened with interest Syn: attentiveness, attention, absorption; heed, regard, notice; curiosity, inquisitiveness; enjoyment, delight, enthusiasm Ant: boredom 2) …   Thesaurus of popular words

• interest — 1. noun 1) we listened with interest Syn: attentiveness, attention, regard, notice, curiosity, enjoyment, delight 2) this will be of interest Syn: concern, consequence, importance …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• arouse — verb Arouse is used with these nouns as the object: ↑anger, ↑animosity, ↑antagonism, ↑anxiety, ↑concern, ↑conscience, ↑controversy, ↑curiosity, ↑desire, ↑emotion, ↑enthusiasm, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• Psychology of Interest —     Psychology of Interest     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Psychology of Interest     (Lat. interest; Fr. intérêt; Germ. interesse). The mental state called interest has received much attention in recent psychological literature. This is largely… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• intrigue, interest — Each of these words means to cause to become involved with, to arouse the curiosity or hold the attention of: Your plan interests me. Your plan intrigues me. However, some experts object to the use of intrigue for interest on the ground that it… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions