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Definitions for paying attention
pay·ing at·ten·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. attentiveness, heed, regard, paying attentionadjective

    paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)

    "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences"

  2. heedful, attentive, thoughtful, paying attentionadjective

    taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention

    "heedful of the warnings"; "so heedful a writer"; "heedful of what they were doing"

ChatGPT

  1. paying attention

    Paying attention is the act of selectively concentrating on a specific aspect of information, whether it's environmental, cognitive or sensory, while ignoring other perceivable information. This psychological process requires a certain level of cognitive focus and the ability to filter out distractions in order to concentrate on the required task or stimulus.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of paying attention in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of paying attention in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of paying attention in a Sentence

  1. Charlie Ripley:

    We're seeing headline risk introduced to the market and any time there's new uncertainties, we see more volatility and flight to quality and investors fleeing risk assets, today's news around the coronavirus is a reminder that risks remain, and it's something that investors will be paying attention to in the coming weeks and months.

  2. Laszlo Magacs:

    , is about the interaction between two people in a closed space, it is about tolerance, paying attention to each other, about the frustrations stemming from being locked in a small space, and the psychological game between the two people when there is no way to let off the steam.

  3. Barry Friedman:

    Over a period of time, the court doesn't stand in the way of an organized public, the issues that the people are paying attention to, the court will come in line with public opinion.

  4. Barry Schwartz:

    That was a buying opportunity; that was Santa's gift to those who were paying attention, and they're still kind of cheap.

  5. Game of Thrones, Season 6:

    Ramsay Bolton: If you think this has a happy ending, you haven’t been paying attention.


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