attract
verb
uk
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B1 [ T ]
I like him, but I'm not physically/sexually attracted to him.
[ T usually passive ]
If something attracts you, or you are attracted by it, you like it and find it interesting:
The idea of becoming a journalist attracted her.
My parents were attracted by the school's curriculum, which puts equal emphasis on artistic, practical, and intellectual subjects.
What attracted you to this role?
- attractWe were attracted to the high street, with its variety of shops and cafés.
- drawThe game drew a crowd of 30,000.
- enticeThe smell of coffee enticed people to enter the shop.
- lureI was lured into the store by the smell of fresh bread.
- temptI was tempted by the offer of a free phone.
- seduceI wouldn't normally have bought this but I was seduced by the low price.
physics
specialized
- The mud flats attract large numbers of birds.
- The hotel is making a major push to attract customers.
- This film is unlikely to attract large audiences.
- The project has attracted considerable criticism from the scientific community .
- With its varied climate, the country attracts both winter and summer sports enthusiasts.
- I tend to be attracted to complicated, sometimes unsympathetic characters.
- affinity
- allure
- alluringly
- arrest
- attraction
- charisma
- charm offensive
- charm the pants off sb idiom
- chum
- clickbait
- glamour
- honey trap
- incentive
- jump out at sb
- lure
- tempt
- temptation
- temptingly
- tickle sb's fancy idiom
- va-va-voom
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