Definition of "interested" []

• Having or showing curiosity, fascination, or concern: I'm interested to hear about your family. (adjective)
• Possessing a right, claim, or stake: an interested party in the estate. See Usage Note at disinterested. (adjective)

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• "But your title interested me - Jewish Self-Government?"
• "It seems to me that all "mundane" economists to use Peter Klein's felicitous term interested in how the real economy works ask and try to answer the very same questions, but depending on their doctrinal orientation, their answers are different."
• "And yet what choice did she have, with the boy standing there, his ears pricked and his expression interested?"