1
VERB
If something
attracts
people or animals, it has features that cause them to come to it. □ [V
n]
2
VERB
If someone or something
attracts
you, they have particular qualities which cause you to like or admire them. If a particular quality
attracts
you to
a person or thing, it is the reason why you like them. □ [V
n]
3
VERB
If you
are attracted
to
someone, you are interested in them sexually. □ [
4
VERB
If something
attracts
support, publicity, or money, it receives support, publicity, or money. □ [V
n]
5
VERB
If one object
attracts
another object, it causes the second object to move towards it. □ [V
n +
6to attract someone's attention → see attention SYNONYMS attract VERB 1
draw:
appeal:
lure:
entice:
at|trac|tion /ətræ kʃ ə n/ (attractions )
1
N‑UNCOUNT
Attraction
is a feeling of liking someone, and often of being sexually interested in them. □
2
N‑COUNT
An
attraction
is a feature which makes something interesting or desirable. □ [+
3
N‑COUNT
An
attraction
is something that people can go to for interest or enjoyment, for example a famous building. □
at|trac|tive ◆◇◇ /ətræ kt I v/
1
ADJ
A person who is
attractive
is pleasant to look at. □
2
ADJ
Something that is
attractive
has a pleasant appearance or sound. □
3
ADJ
You can describe something as
attractive
when it seems worth having or doing. □
at|trib|ut|able
/ətr
I
bjʊtəb
ə
l/ ADJ
If something
is attributable to
an event, situation, or person, it is likely that it was caused by that event, situation or person. □ [+