"attract attention" meaning in English

See attract attention in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: attracts attention [present, singular, third-person], attracting attention [participle, present], attracted attention [participle, past], attracted attention [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} attract attention (third-person singular simple present attracts attention, present participle attracting attention, simple past and past participle attracted attention)
  1. Tags: no-gloss, translation-hub Related terms: stand out, show off, brag Translations (attract attention): ուշադրություն գրավել (ušadrutʻyun gravel) (Armenian), cridar l'atenció (Catalan), 吸引眼球 (xīyǐn yǎnqiú) (Chinese Mandarin), 引起注意 (yǐnqǐ zhùyì) (Chinese Mandarin), opvallen (Dutch), herättää huomiota (Finnish), attirer l’attention (French), se faire remarquer (French), auf sich aufmerksam machen (German), felhívja magára a figyelmet (Hungarian), magára vonja a figyelmet (Hungarian), figyelmet kelt (Hungarian), chamar atenção (Portuguese), llamar la atención (Spanish), hacerse notar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-attract_attention-en-verb-47DEQpj8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for attract attention meaning in English (2.7kB)

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