attract
attract
(ətrækt )Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense attracts , present participle attracting , past tense, past participle attracted
1. verb
The Cardiff Bay project is attracting many visitors. [VERB noun]
Warm weather has attracted the flat fish close to shore. [VERB noun adverb/preposition]
Summer attracts visitors to the countryside. [VERB noun adverb/preposition]
2. verb
If someone or something attracts you, they have particular qualities which cause you to like or admire them. If a particular quality attracts you to a person or thing, it is the reason why you like them.
He wasn't sure he'd got it right, although the theory attracted him by its logic. [VERB noun]
What first attracted me to her was her incredible experience of life. [VERB noun to noun]
More people would be attracted to cycling if conditions were right. [be VERB-ed + to]
3. verb
In spite of her hostility, she was attracted to him. [be VERB-ed + to]
I was married to a man who had ceased to attract me. [VERB noun]
attracted adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE]
He was nice looking, but I wasn't deeply attracted to him. [+ to]
Men swarmed around her, attracted by her beautiful blonde looks.
4. verb
5. verb
If one object attracts another object, it causes the second object to move towards it.
Anything with strong gravity attracts other things to it. [VERB noun + to]
[Also VERB noun]