Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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Definition
attract verb
/əˈtrækt/ v
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[T] (of people, things, places, etc.) to pull or draw someone or something towards them, by the qualities they have, especially good ones
These flowers are brightly coloured in order to attract butterflies.
The circus is attracting huge crowds/audiences.
Magnets attract iron filings.
The government is trying to attract industry to the area (= to persuade people to place their industry there).
Her ideas have attracted a lot of attention/criticism in the scientific community.
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[T usually passive] If you are attracted by or to someone, you like them, often finding them sexually interesting.
I'm not physically/sexually attracted to him.
(Definition of attract verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
