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attract
verb [T] /əˈtrækt/Definition
› to cause something to come toward something else, or to cause a person or animal to become interested in someone or something: An open flame attracts moths. The tennis championship will attract a lot of tourists to the city. This movie is going to attract a lot of attention. › If someone is attracted to someone else, he or she likes the other person or is interested in that person.
(Definition of attract verb from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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