Betekenis van attract In het Nederlands

• 0 (of people, things, places, etc.) to pull or draw someone or something towards them, by the qualities they have, especially good ones:

  • These flowers are brightly coloured in order to attract butterflies.

  • The circus is attracting huge crowds/audiences.

  • The government is trying to attract industry to the area (= to persuade people to place their industry there).

  • Her ideas have attracted a lot of attention/criticism in the scientific community.

  • He tends to be attracted to strong women.

  • I like him, but I'm not physically/sexually attracted to him.

  • The idea of becoming a journalist attracted her.

  • My parents were attracted by the school's curriculum, which puts equal emphasis on artistic, practical, and intellectual subjects.

  • What attracted you to this role?

  • Magnets attract iron filings.

  • Since light has no mass, Newton's equation predicts that it will not be attracted by gravity towards anything.

• 1 to cause something to come toward something else, or to cause a person or animal to become interested in someone or something:

  • An open flame attracts moths.

  • The tennis championship will attract a lot of tourists to the city.

  • This movie is going to attract a lot of attention.

• 2 to make people want to visit a place or find out more about something:

  • attract visitors/audiences/fans The exhibition attracted over 10,000 visitors.

  • attract interest/attention Fuel-cell technology has been around for 150 years, so why is it attracting attention now?

  • attract sth from sb It was the biggest AIDS meeting ever, attracting 17,000 people from around the world.

  • attract sb to sth They are trying to attract more holiday-makers to the area.

• 3 to make someone want to buy or invest in something:

  • attract business/investment/funding They're trying to attract foreign investment in the region.

  • attract sb to sth The high yen attracted investors to South Korean manufacturing shares.

• 4 to interest someone and make them want to do something such as join a company:

  • I was attracted by the opportunity to work abroad.

  • attract sb to sth What attracted you to this job?

• 5 if a product or investment attracts a particular charge, you have to pay that charge if you have the product or investment:

  • Payments by credit card attract a 2% handling charge.

  • The loan attracts a low rate of interest.