how to pronounce interested

/ˈɪntəˌɹɛstɪd/

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interested is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of interested in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… so if you're not interested in the extra …”

meanings of interested

adjective:

Motivated by considerations of self-interest; self-serving.
Having or showing interest.
Owning a share of a company.

verb:

Simple past tense and past participle of interest.

interested frequency in english - A2 level of CEFR

the word interested occurs in english on average 105.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics interested can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that interested can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;