Definitions for attract
əˈtræktat·tract

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.2 / 5 votes

1. attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw inverb

   direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes

   "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers"

2. attract, appealverb

   be attractive to

   "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"; "The beautiful garden attracted many people"

3. attractverb

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. attractverb

   To pull toward without touching

   A magnet attracts iron filings.

2. attractverb

   To arouse interest

   Advertising is designed to attract customers.

3. attractverb

   To make someone feel sexually excited

   His big smile and brown eyes instantly attracted me.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Attractnoun

   Attraction; the power of drawing.

   Etymology: from to attract.

   Feel darts and charms, attracts and flames,
   And woe and contract in their names. Hudibras.

2. To ATTRACTverb

   Etymology: attraho, attractum, Lat.

   1. To draw to something.

   A man should scarce persuade the affections of the loadstone, or that jet and amber attracteth straws and light bodies. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

   The single atoms each to other tend,
   Attract, attracted to, the next in place,
   Form’d and impell’d its neighbour to embrace. Alexander Pope.

   2. To allure; to invite.

   Adorn’d
   She was indeed, and lovely, to attract
   Thy love; not thy subjection. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. x.

   Shew the care of approving all actions so, as may most effectually attract all to this profession. Henry Hammond, Fundam.

   Deign to be lov’d, and ev’ry heart subdue!
   What nymph could e’er attract such crowds as you! Alexander Pope.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. attract

   To attract means to cause someone or something to move towards, or take interest in, a particular thing due to a positive reaction or interest generated. It is a term often used in various fields like physics, emotional psychology, and marketing, in which entities can attract other entities based on physical forces, emotions, or interest respectively.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Attractverb

   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

2. Attractverb

   to draw by influence of a moral or emotional kind; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure; as, to attract admirers

3. Attractnoun

   attraction

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Attract

   at-trakt′, v.t. to draw to or cause to approach: to allure: to entice: to draw forth.—adj. Attract′able, that may be attracted.—n. Attrac′tion, act of attracting: the force which draws or tends to draw bodies or their particles to each other: that which attracts.—adj. Attract′ive, having the power of attracting: alluring.—advs. Attract′ively, Attract′ingly.—ns. Attract′iveness, Attractabil′ity; Attract′or, Attract′er, an agent of attraction. [L. attrahĕre, attractus—ad, to, trahĕre, to draw.]

Matched Categories

1. • Pull

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'attract' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3762

2. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'attract' in Verbs Frequency: #320

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How to pronounce attract?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say attract in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of attract in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of attract in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of attract in a Sentence

1. Ned Hill:

   When you attracted the steel mill years ago, you got 2,000 employees. When you attract a data center, you get maybe 50.

2. Investigation Director Christopher Wray:

   The same things that attract people to it for good reasons are also capable of causing all sorts of harms.

3. Deven Choksey:

   Global financial investors are staying away from commodities given the fall in prices. So, Coal India and ONGC will find it difficult to attract quality investors, in the case of IOC, it is mainly a domestic retailer and has a lot to do with the domestic economy. The fall in crude prices and government decision not to charge (an) oil subsidy will make it (IOC) a better choice in the current environment.

4. John McDonald:

   We know that Columbine continues to attract people from around the world, we're not a place to come visit if you're not a student. If you don't have business there. We're not a tourist attraction and we're not a place for you to come and gain inspiration.

5. Paul James:

   We definitely want to attract young riders, the 18-34 year-olds, bikes that are nimble, easy-to-ride and easy to park … but still motorcycles that you don’t throw away, passed on from generation to generation.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=attract
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Attract
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=attract
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attract
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=attract
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=attract