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attract - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To cause to draw near or adhere by physical force.
- intransitive verb To arouse or compel the interest, admiration, or attention of.
- intransitive verb To possess or use the power of attraction.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Attraction; in plural, attractive qualities; charms.
- To draw in, to, or toward by direct mechanical agency or action of any kind.
- To draw to or toward (itself) by inherent physical force; cause to gravitate toward or cohere with.
- To draw by other than physical influence; invite or allure; win: as, to
attract attention; to attract admirers. - Synonyms To entice, fascinate, charm.
- To possess or exert the power of attraction: as, it is a property of matter to attract.
- Figuratively, to be attractive or winning: as, his manners are calculated to attract.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To draw to, or cause to tend to; esp. to cause to approach, adhere, or combine; or to cause to resist divulsion, separation, or decomposition.
- transitive verb To draw by influence of a moral or emotional kind; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.
- noun obsolete Attraction.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To pull toward without touching
- verb To arouse
interest - verb To make someone feel sexually excited
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- verb be attractive to
- verb exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English attracten, from Latin attrahere, attract- : ad-, ad- + trahere, pull.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From Latin attractus, past participle of attrahere ("to draw to, attract"), from ad ("to") + trahere ("to draw").
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Examples
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Try to make your title attract a certain audience.
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By the way, how many Bostonians did Sarah Palin attract yesterday on the Boston Common?
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The nature of the opposition they attract is itself proof that con-cons can make a real difference.
J.H. Snider: A Historic Year for State Con-Cons J.H. Snider 2010
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If there are multiple trailers for one movie out in theaters, attached to different movies, the possible audience it can attract is broadened as opposed to just in one trailer's case.
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How communities are run and their priorities, how you live your life, what kinds of people you attract is the ultimate politics.
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Yet it must again attract it precisely as that of which it is conscious as itself, only in a different form [Gestalt].
'The Abyss of the Past': Psychoanalysis in Schelling's Ages of the World (1815) 2008
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Why plants would try to poison the honeybees they wish to attract is a scientific mystery.
April 1st, 2007 2007
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Diplomatically, the United States can use the combination of “hard” and “soft” assets that constitute its unique strength to show a face that will again attract the world.
Declaring Victory 2006
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Diplomatically, the United States can use the combination of “hard” and “soft” assets that constitute its unique strength to show a face that will again attract the world.
slideshow-test 2006
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Diplomatically, the United States can use the combination of “hard” and “soft” assets that constitute its unique strength to show a face that will again attract the world.
Declaring Victory 2006
Related Words
synonyms (65)
Words with the same meaning
- adduct
- affect the interest
- allure
- appeal
- appeal to
- attraction
- be attractive
- be magnetic
- becharm
- beckon
- beguile
- bewitch
- captivate
- carry away
- charm
- concern
- court
- drag
- draw
- draw in
- draw on
- draw towards
- enamor
- enchant
- endear
- engage
- enrapture
- entice
- entrance
- excite
- excite interest
- fascinate
- fetch
- have an attraction
- hold in thrall
- infatuate
- inflame with love
- influence
- interest
- intrigue
- inveigle
- invite
- involve in
- lure
- magnet
- magnetize
- pique
- provoke
- pull
- pull towards
- seduce
- solicit
- stimulate
- suck in
- summon
- take
- tantalize
- tease
- tempt
- tickle
- titillate
- tug
- vamp
- whet the appetite
- wile
antonyms (1)
Words with the opposite meaning
hypernyms (1)
Words that are more generic or abstract
hyponyms (14)
Words more specific or concrete
forms (4)
Forms
rhymes (47)
Words with the same terminal sound
- abstract
- act
- attacked
- backed
- blacked
- compact
- contract
- counterattacked
- cracked
- detract
- diffract
- distract
- enact
- exact
- extract
- fact
- hacked
- impact
- inexact
- intact
- interact
- jacked
- lacked
- overreact
- packed
- pact
- protract
- racked
- react
- redact
- reenact
- repacked
- retract
- sacked
- slacked
- smacked
- snacked
- stacked
- subtract
- tacked
- tact
- tracked
- tract
- transact
- unpacked
- whacked
- wracked
hernesheir commented on the word attract
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand for "Show every attention". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 20, 2013