1. (

• interest

) excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of ;

2. (

• concern ,
• interest ,
• occupy ,
• worry

) be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift" ;

3. (

• matter_to ,
• interest

) be of importance or consequence; "This matters to me!" ;

1. (

• interested

) having or showing interest; especially curiosity or fascination or concern; "an interested audience"; "interested in sports"; "was interested to hear about her family"; "interested in knowing who was on the telephone"; "interested spectators" ;

2. (

• concerned ,
• interested

) involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in; "a memorandum to those concerned"; "an enterprise in which three men are concerned"; "factors concerned in the rise and fall of epidemics"; "the interested parties met to discuss the business" ;