attract

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To make someone interested in or want to come to something.

   The festival attracts thousands of visitors every year.

2. 2
   verb

   To make someone feel romantic or sexual interest.

   I think she's attracted to her new colleague.

3. 3
   verb

   To pull an object closer by a physical force.

   A magnet attracts iron filings.

Common collocations

• attract attention Verb + noun
• attract clients Verb + noun

From Latin attractus, past participle of attrahere (“to draw to, attract”), from ad (“to”) + trahere (“to draw”).

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