Tuesday 23 February 2016

meaning - What does mean "to be interested in someone"?

To be interested in someone or something means to find it worthy of further attention.
If "She doesn't seem the least bit interested in him" this indicates she doesn't desire to pay attention to him, for whatever purpose may be clear from context.
If she's a hiring manager and he's a job candidate, she doesn't plan to hire him.
If she's an admissions officer at a college and he's an applicant, he probably won't get in.
Without qualification, it might refer to personal interest, e.g. she's not interested in forming a personal relationship with him.



The sentence gives us no information about what he thinks of her. For example, we don't know if he finds her warranting further attention or not.




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