English Online Dictionary. What means attract? What does attract mean?
English
Etymology
From Latin attractus, past participle of attrahere (“to draw to, attract”), from ad (“to”) + trahere (“to draw”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈtɹækt/
- Rhymes: -ækt
Verb
attract (third-person singular simple present attracts, present participle attracting, simple past and past participle attracted)
- (transitive) To pull toward without touching.
- (transitive) To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.
- (transitive) To incur.
Conjugation
Synonyms
- allure
Antonyms
- repel
Derived terms
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Translations
Further reading
- “attract”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “attract”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “attract”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.