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   attract

   /əˈtrakt/

   verb

   • 1. cause to come to a place or participate in a venture by offering something of interest or advantage: "a campaign to attract more visitors to Shetland"
   • ▪ evoke (a specified reaction): "I did not want to attract attention"
   • ▪ cause (someone) to have a liking for or interest in something: "I was attracted to the idea of working for a ballet company" Similar enticeallureluretemptcharmwin overwooengageenchantentrancemesmerizehypnotizespellbindcaptivatebeguilebewitchseducedazzletantalizeinveiglelead oninterestfascinateenthralabsorbrivetexcitetitillatearousestimulateinformal:tickle someone's fancyturn onlight someone's firefloat someone's boatmake someone's mouth waterOpposite repel
   • ▪ have a sexual or romantic interest in: "I am not attracted to him at all"
   • ▪ exert a force on (an object) that is directed towards the source of the force: "the negatively charged ions attract particles of dust" Similar drawpullmagnetizeOpposite repel

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin attract- ‘drawn near’, from the verb attrahere, from ad- ‘to’ + trahere ‘draw’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. attractable adjective
   • 2. attractor noun

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   • The term ‘attract’ is defined in the english dictionary as 'to draw by appealing to the emotions or senses, by stimulating interest, or by exciting admiration; allure; invite'.

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   • Definition of attract verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [usually passive] if you are attracted by something, it interests you and makes you want it; if you are attracted by somebody, you like or admire them be attracted by somebody/something I had always been attracted by the idea of working abroad.

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   • [usually passive] if you are attracted by something, it interests you and makes you want it; if you are attracted by somebody, you like or admire them be attracted by somebody/something I had always been attracted by the idea of working abroad. attract somebody (to somebody/something) What first attracted me to her was her sense of humour.

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   to cause something to come toward something else, or to cause a person or animal to become interested in someone or something: An open flame attracts moths. The tennis championship will attract a lot of tourists to the city. This movie is going to attract a lot of attention.

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   to draw by appealing to the emotions or senses, by stimulating interest, or by exciting admiration; allure; invite: to attract attention; to attract admirers.

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   Definitions of 'attract'. 1. If something attracts people or animals, it has features that cause them to come to it. [...] 2. If someone or something attracts you, they have particular qualities which cause you to like or admire them.

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   Attract definition: to draw by a physical force causing or tending to cause to approach, adhere, or unite; pull (opposed to repel). See examples of ATTRACT used in a sentence.

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   attract meaning, definition, what is attract: to make someone interested in something,...: Learn more.