Phrase guide

draw attention

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Please be quiet. We don't want to draw attention to ourselves.
  • I'd like to draw your attention to this part of the chart.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: cridar l'atenció — to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 引起注意 (yǐnqǐ zhùyì) — to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • Dutch: opzien baren — to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • Dutch: aandacht trekken — to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • Esperanto: atentigi — to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • Finnish: herättää huomiota — to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • Finnish: kiinnittää huomiota — to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • French: attirer l'attention — to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • Galician: rechamar — to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • German: Aufmerksamkeit anziehen — to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • Hungarian: felhívja a figyelmet — to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • Japanese: 注意を引く (chūi o hiku) — to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • Māori: whakahahaki — to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • Māori: whakaatuatu — to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • Polish: zwracać uwagę — to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • Polish: zwrócić uwagę — to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • Portuguese: chamar atenção — to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • Portuguese: chamar a atenção — to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • Russian: привлека́ть внима́ние (privlekátʹ vnimánije) — to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • Russian: привле́чь внима́ние (privléčʹ vnimánije) — to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • Spanish: llamar la atención — to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • Spanish: señalar a la atención — to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • Spanish: despertar la atención — to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • Spanish: cantar — to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • Spanish: hacerse notar — to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • Swedish: dra till sig uppmärksamhet — to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • Swedish: fånga uppmärksamhet — to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • Swedish: på­kalla uppmärksamhet — to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • Swedish: väcka uppmärksamhet — to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something