Read full poem →5. Institute, an educational and social institution established in the
interests of the working classes.
Dictionary Entry
Things that hold your attention or curiosity; also a stake or concern in something.
In a Sentence
“She has many interests, including painting, hiking, and coding.”
Origin
From Latin inter‑esse ‘to be between, matter’, via Old French.
Common Phrases
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Antonyms
Poetry examples for “interests”
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Read full poem →Than the shape of my boots,
And my interests range
From the sky, to the roots
Read full poem →it would be for their mutual advantage to unite their
interests together, and open but one house. Of those
who originally belonged to Killegrew’s company, se-
Read full poem →packers who employ at the stockyards upwards of 15,000
colored men and women, interests that are to-day and
are expected to be in the future the largest employers of
Read full poem →musicians and artists involved in the movement.
Choose one who interests you, and report on his
or her achievements. Enhance your report by
Read full poem →All forces of the sea and air,
All interests of hill and plain,
I so can sing, in seasons fair,
Read full poem →Of issue infinitely great,
Eclipses finite interests all,
And has the dignity of fate.
Read full poem →Voteless, the voted delegates
Of his strange interests, loves and hates.
In sackcloth, or in private strife
Read full poem →great and small. Including the nations which are
bound by vital interests to the United States, or,
indeed, directly under our tutelage, we have
Read full poem →of opportunity; the unity of our country above the
interests of groups or classes; and the main-
tenance of the high honor of America in her