attracts
- 1Third-person singular simple present of attract.
A magnet attracts iron filings from across the table.
Her confident manner attracts people wherever she goes.
Note
This is the form a singular subject takes in the present tense: he, she, it, or any singular noun. Every other present-tense subject takes bare attract. It always wants an object, so a magnet attracts filings and a manner attracts people. It also carries the quieter meaning 'to incur', as when a decision attracts criticism. Left without an object (it attracts), the sentence feels unfinished.
The new policy attracts criticism from every side.
Late payment attracts a penalty.
attracts is a form of attract
attract, verb: To draw someone's interest, attention, or desire through emotional, moral, or other personal appeal; to invite or allure. Full entry
- Forms
- attractattracts he/she/itattracting -ing formattracted past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- attract → attracts: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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