interests

EN[ˈɪnt(ə)ɹɪsts] [ˈɪntɹɛsts]
US

Definition of interests in English Dictionary

• NounBFinterestPREinter-+-
  1. plural of interest.
  2. The persons interested in any particular business or cause, taken collectively.
     1. the coal-mining interests
     2. the separatist interests
• VerbBFinterestPRinterestingPT, PPinterested
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of interest.
• More Examples
  1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
     • I presume that the lobbyists of those interests who can afford to buy and pay for special privileges, will read with a great deal of glee that this is now the order of the day.
     • It beggars belief to suppose that corporate policies can always pursue the best interests of a company.
     • Correlated waves interfere to produce interesting patterns, while uncorrelated waves overlap without interfering.
  2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
     • The judge recused herself from that case, citing a possible conflict of interest.
     • This is a tree-y course, like New Zealand, really good, good greens, well bunkered, a trifle on the short side, but full of interest.
     • The judge recused from the case, citing a possible conflict of interest.

• Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
  1. Nouns
     • Noun forms
       • Noun plural forms
  2. Verbs
     • Verb forms
       • Verb singular forms
         • Third-person singular forms

Other Vocabulary

1. en interest
2. fr intérêts
3. en interess
4. en interested
5. en enterest

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