"attract" meaning in English

See attract in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /əˈtrækt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-attract.wav [UK] Forms: attract [canonical], attracts [third-person, singular], attracted [past], attracted [past, participle], attracting [present, participle]
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  1. If something attracts you, it makes you interested in it.
    Sense id: simple-attract-en-verb-wzPFLhZE
  2. If you are attracted to someone, you want to have a relationship with them, often a sexual relationship.
    Sense id: simple-attract-en-verb-YreYhrYu
  3. If x attracts y, x pull y to x.
    Sense id: simple-attract-en-verb-kz7zCy-t
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          "text": "The city hoped the new roads would attract businesses."
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          "text": "With magnets, opposite poles attract each other."
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