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{
"term": "attract",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "attract",
"heSheIt": "attracts"
},
"pastSimple": "attracted",
"pastParticiple": "attracted",
"ingForm": "attracting"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "if you are attracted by something, it interests you and makes you want it; if you are attracted by somebody, you like or admire them",
"sensetop": "be attracted by somebody/somethingattract somebody (to somebody/something)",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I had always been attracted by the idea of working abroad.",
"contextForm": "be attracted by somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "What first attracted me to her was her sense of humour.",
"contextForm": "attract somebody (to somebody/something)"
},
{
"text": "She finds herself increasingly attracted to them and their lifestyle."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to have a sexual or romantic interest in somebody",
"sensetop": "be attracted to somebody",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I am not attracted to him at all."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to make somebody/something come somewhere or take part in something",
"sensetop": "attract somebody/something to somethingattract something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Officials hope to attract more tourists to the area.",
"contextForm": "attract somebody/something to something"
},
{
"text": "The new city is expected to attract investment worth £45 billion."
},
{
"text": "The exhibition has attracted thousands of visitors.",
"contextForm": "attract something"
},
{
"text": "to attract a crowd/audience/customers"
},
{
"text": "The warm damp air attracts a lot of mosquitoes."
},
{
"text": "Figure out how to continue to attract and retain businesses."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to make people have a particular reaction",
"sensetop": "attract something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "This proposal has **attracted a lot of interest**."
},
{
"text": "His comments were bound to **attract criticism**."
},
{
"text": "She tried to **attract the attention** of the waiter."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "if a magnet or gravity attracts something, it makes it move towards it",
"labels": "(physics)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that people who are very different are often attracted to each other",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈtrækt/",
"audio": "at/attract/attract__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈtrækts/",
"audio": "at/attract/attracts__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈtræktɪd/",
"audio": "at/attract/attracted__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈtræktɪŋ/",
"audio": "at/attract/attracting__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈtrækt/",
"audio": "at/attract/attract__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈtrækts/",
"audio": "at/attract/attracts__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈtræktɪd/",
"audio": "at/attract/attracted__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈtræktɪŋ/",
"audio": "at/attract/attracting__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin attract- ‘drawn near’, from the verb attrahere, from ad- ‘to’ + trahere ‘draw’."
}