attract

/əˈtrækt/ verb [T]

Translation

ENCOURAGE INTEREST › to make people come to a place or do a particular thing by being interesting, enjoyable, etc

çekmek, cezbetmek

The castle attracts more than 300,000 visitors a year. We need to attract more science graduates to teaching.943

attract attention/interest, etc › to cause people to pay attention/be interested, etc

dikkat çekmek, ilgisini çekmek, cezbetmek,

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be attracted to sb › to like someone, especially sexually, because of the way they look or behave

birini cazibesine kapılmak, etkilenmek, cazip bulmak, sevmek, hoşlanmak

I was attracted to him straight away.943630

MOVE › If something attracts a substance or object, it causes it to move towards it.

çekmek, harekete geçirmek

Magnets attract metal.1731

(Definition of attract verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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