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   At·tract

   /əˈtrak(t)/

   

   verb

   • 1. cause to come to a place or participate in a venture by offering something of interest, favorable conditions, or opportunities: "a campaign to attract more visitors to West Virginia"
   • ▪ 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 oninterestfascinateenthrallabsorbrivetexcitetitillatearousestimulateinformal: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 toward 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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   What does it mean if someone is attracted to another person?

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   What does attracted mean?

   • 1. To cause to draw near or adhere by physical force: Magnetic poles are attracted to their opposites. 2. To arouse or compel the interest, admiration, or attention of: We were attracted by the display of lights. To possess or use the power of attraction. [Middle English attracten, from Latin attrahere, attract- : ad-, ad- + trahere, pull .]

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   What does attracting a person mean?

   • 1. to cause (someone or something) to come towards. A magnet attracts iron; I tried to attract her attention. 2. to arouse (someone's) liking or interest. She attracted all the young men in the neighbourhood.

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   What does attract mean in physics?

   • (General Physics) ( also intr) to exert a force on (a body) that tends to cause an approach or oppose a separation: the gravitational pull of the earth attracts objects to it. 3. to possess some property that pulls or draws (something) towards itself: jam attracts wasps.

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   attract: 1 v exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away “the gravitational pull of a planet attracts other bodies” Type of: pull apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion v direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes “Her good looks ...

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