"draw attention" meaning in English

See draw attention in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: draws attention [present, singular, third-person], drawing attention [participle, present], drew attention [past], drawn attention [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|draw<,,drew,drawn> attention}} draw attention (third-person singular simple present draws attention, present participle drawing attention, simple past drew attention, past participle drawn attention)
  1. to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something. Translations (to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something): cridar l'atenció (Catalan), 引起注意 (yǐnqǐ zhùyì) (Chinese Mandarin), opzien baren (Dutch), aandacht trekken (Dutch), atentigi (Esperanto), herättää huomiota (Finnish), kiinnittää huomiota (Finnish), attirer l’attention (French), rechamar (Galician), Aufmerksamkeit anziehen (German), felhívja a figyelmet (Hungarian), 注意を引く (chūi o hiku) (alt: ちゅういをひく) (Japanese), whakahahaki (Maori), whakaatuatu (Maori), zwracać uwagę [imperfective] (Polish), zwrócić uwagę [perfective] (Polish), chamar atenção (Portuguese), chamar a atenção (Portuguese), привлека́ть внима́ние (privlekátʹ vnimánije) [imperfective] (Russian), привле́чь внима́ние (privléčʹ vnimánije) [perfective] (Russian), llamar la atención (Spanish), señalar a la atención (Spanish)

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          "sense": "to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something",
          "word": "cridar l'atenció"
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          "sense": "to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something",
          "word": "opzien baren"
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          "sense": "to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something",
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          "sense": "to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something",
          "word": "rechamar"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something",
          "word": "Aufmerksamkeit anziehen"
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          "sense": "to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something",
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          "alt": "ちゅういをひく",
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          "sense": "to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something",
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          "word": "zwracać uwagę"
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          "sense": "to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something",
          "word": "chamar atenção"
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          "sense": "to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something",
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          "sense": "to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something",
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          "sense": "to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something",
          "word": "llamar la atención"
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          "sense": "to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something",
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      "sense": "to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something",
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      "sense": "to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something",
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      "sense": "to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something",
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      "sense": "to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something",
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      "sense": "to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something",
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      "sense": "to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something",
      "word": "attirer l’attention"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something",
      "word": "rechamar"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something",
      "word": "Aufmerksamkeit anziehen"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something",
      "word": "felhívja a figyelmet"
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      "roman": "chūi o hiku",
      "sense": "to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something",
      "word": "注意を引く"
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      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something",
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      "sense": "to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something",
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      "sense": "to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something",
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something",
      "word": "chamar atenção"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "privlekátʹ vnimánije",
      "sense": "to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something",
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      "roman": "privléčʹ vnimánije",
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      "sense": "to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something",
      "word": "llamar la atención"
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      "sense": "to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something",
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  "word": "draw attention"
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