{
    "term": "attract",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "attract",
            "heSheIt": "attracts"
        },
        "pastSimple": "attracted",
        "pastParticiple": "attracted",
        "ingForm": "attracting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "if you are attracted by something, it interests you and makes you want it; if you are attracted by somebody, you like or admire them",
            "sensetop": "be attracted by somebody/somethingattract somebody (to somebody/something)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I had always been attracted by the idea of working abroad.",
                    "contextForm": "be attracted by somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What first attracted me to her was her sense of humour.",
                    "contextForm": "attract somebody (to somebody/something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She finds herself increasingly attracted to them and their lifestyle."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to have a sexual or romantic interest in somebody",
            "sensetop": "be attracted to somebody",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I am not attracted to him at all."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to make somebody/something come somewhere or take part in something",
            "sensetop": "attract somebody/something to somethingattract something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Officials hope to attract more tourists to the area.",
                    "contextForm": "attract somebody/something to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The new city is expected to attract investment worth £45 billion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The exhibition has attracted thousands of visitors.",
                    "contextForm": "attract something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to attract a crowd/audience/customers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The warm damp air attracts a lot of mosquitoes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Figure out how to continue to attract and retain businesses."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to make people have a particular reaction",
            "sensetop": "attract something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This proposal has **attracted a lot of interest**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His comments were bound to **attract criticism**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She tried to **attract the attention** of the waiter."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "if a magnet or gravity attracts something, it makes it move towards it",
            "labels": "(physics)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that people who are very different are often attracted to each other",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtrækt/",
                "audio": "at/attract/attract__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtrækts/",
                "audio": "at/attract/attracts__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtræktɪd/",
                "audio": "at/attract/attracted__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtræktɪŋ/",
                "audio": "at/attract/attracting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtrækt/",
                "audio": "at/attract/attract__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtrækts/",
                "audio": "at/attract/attracts__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtræktɪd/",
                "audio": "at/attract/attracted__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtræktɪŋ/",
                "audio": "at/attract/attracting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin attract- ‘drawn near’, from the verb attrahere, from ad- ‘to’ + trahere ‘draw’."
}