Interest Interested ˈɪntrəst Sense Politics Accept Latin Verb

• politics doesn't interest me.
• the museum has something to interest everyone, young and old.
• she has always interested herself in charity work.
• it may interest you to know that andy didn't accept the job.

interest

1. to attract your attention and make you feel interested; to make yourself give your attention to something
• Politics doesn't interest me.
• The museum has something to interest everyone, young and old.
• She has always interested herself in charity work.
• It may interest you to know that Andy didn't accept the job.

Extra Examples

• It is this aspect of the work that really interests me.
• She tried to interest the director in her plan.
• It may interest you to know that he didn’t accept the offer.
• Politics just doesn’t interest me.
• She has always interested herself in helping younger musicians.
• The musuem has something to interest everyone.
• The topic interests me very much.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they interest
• he / she / it interests
• past simple interested
• past participle interested
• -ing form interesting

Word Origin

• late Middle English (originally as interess): from Anglo-Norman French interesse, from Latin interesse ‘differ, be important’, from inter- ‘between’ + esse ‘be’. The -t was added partly by association with Old French interest ‘damage, loss’, apparently from Latin interest ‘it is important’. The original sense was ‘the possession of a share in or a right to something’; hence sense (6). Sense (1) and the verb arose in the 18th cent. Sense (4) was influenced by medieval Latin interesse ‘compensation for a debtor's defaulting’.