pay attention en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic, intransitive) To attend; to be attentive; to focus one's attention.
The guard was paying no attention whatever to the running of his train, in total disregard of rules, and, as the recently-published report of a Ministry of Transport Inspecting Officer of Railways shows, there were other disquieting features in the case, such as ignorance on the part of responsible men of rules and appendix instructions and a lax attitude to regulations of which they professed to be aware, combined with failure to look at staff notice boards.
1956 September, “Notes and News: The Barby Sidings Accident Report”, in Railway Magazine, page 638:Just south of Wamphray station they overtook the runaway. The dim figure of Mitchell could be seen sitting huddled behind the stormboard. They shouted and whistled. He paid no attention.
1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, page 54:I was on my way to the door, but all at once, through the fog in my head, I began to sight one reef that I hadn't paid any attention to afore.
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter IV, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:Please pay attention to the danger signs.
Forms
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| pays attention | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| paying attention | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| paid attention | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| paid attention | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Hyponyms
spot · listen · appraise · look
Relateds
Synonyms
clock · privy · take heed · mind · attend · pay heed · notice · take note · pay attention · pick up what someone is putting down · regard · pick up what someone is putting down · give heed · heed · pay heed · consider · mind · pass · tend · give heed · mark · take heed · let in on · take notice
Translations (81)
yue 理 (to be attentive) · yue 睬 (to be attentive) · pl zwrócić uwagę (to be attentive) · ar أَعَارَ اِنْتِبَاه (to be attentive) · lad azer atansyon (to be attentive) · km យកចិត្តទុកដាក់ (to be attentive) · nl opletten (to be attentive) · mi mātorotoro (to be attentive) · ba иғтибар итеү (to be attentive) · az diqqətli olmaq (to be attentive) · bg насо́чвам внима́ние (to be attentive) · uk зверта́ти ува́гу (to be attentive) · gl prestar atención (to be attentive) · fi huomioida (to be attentive) · vi chú ý (to be attentive) · ga tabhair aird (to be attentive) · th ระวัง (to be attentive) · hi ध्यान देना (to be attentive) · ru обраща́ть внима́ние (to be attentive) · ta கவனி (to be attentive) · tr dikkatini vermek (to be attentive) · la attendō (to be attentive) · de beachten (to be attentive) · ro da atenție (to be attentive) · sk venovať pozornosť (to be attentive) · az diqqət yetirmək (to be attentive) · pl zwracać uwagę (to be attentive) · fi kiinnittää huomiota (to be attentive) · it prestare attenzione (to be attentive) · cs věnovat pozornost (to be attentive) · la audio (to be attentive) · hy ուշք դարձնել (to be attentive) · ro fi atent la (to be attentive) · cs dávat pozor (to be attentive) · mi whakapaepae (to be attentive) · gur guuse (to be attentive) · es asuntar (to be attentive) · lad azer dikat (to be attentive) · es prestar/poner atención (to be attentive) · de achten (to be attentive) · ca prestar atenció (to be attentive) · gl facer atención (to be attentive) · az fikir vermək (to be attentive) · yue 理睬 (to be attentive) · la animadverto (to be attentive) · de achtgeben (to be attentive) · cmn 注意 (to be attentive) · fr faire attention (to be attentive) · ru обрати́ть внима́ние (to be attentive) · ro acorda atenție (to be attentive) · eo atenti (to be attentive) · fr prêter attention (à) (to be attentive) · es fijarse (to be attentive) · sk dávať pozor (to be attentive) · ja 注意を払う (to be attentive) · fr être attentif (to be attentive) · got 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍉𐌽 (to be attentive) · cmn 注重 (to be attentive) · af gee aandag (to be attentive) · hu figyel (to be attentive) · mk обраќа внимание (to be attentive) · de Aufmerksamkeit schenken (to be attentive) · ko 주의를 기울이다 (to be attentive) · rop teiknodis (to be attentive) · it fare attenzione (to be attentive) · io atencar (to be attentive) · yue 注意 (to be attentive) · el δίνω σημασία (to be attentive) · el προσέχω (to be attentive) · be звярта́ць ува́гу (to be attentive) · nb følge med (to be attentive) · de aufpassen (to be attentive) · kmr bo xwe kirin xem (to be attentive) · pt prestar atenção (to be attentive) · rgn abadêr (to be attentive) · hy ուշադրություն դարձնել (to be attentive) · mi matenui (to be attentive) · it dare retta (to be attentive) · la aspecto (to be attentive) · es estar pendiente/atento (to be attentive) · he הִקְשִׁיב (to be attentive)