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attract

CEFR: B1

To exert a physical force that pulls another object closer (such as magnetic poles or gravitational mass); or to draw interest.

Synonyms

draw
gravitate toward

Common Collocations

attract investment
attract attention
attract tourism

Example Sentence

Opposite electrical charges attract one another, creating electrostatic bonds in ionic crystalline structures.

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