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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
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
cridar l'atenció
— to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
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Chinese Mandarin:
引起注意
(yǐnqǐ zhùyì)
— to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
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Dutch:
opzien baren
— to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
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Dutch:
aandacht trekken
— to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
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Esperanto:
atentigi
— to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
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Finnish:
herättää huomiota
— to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
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Finnish:
kiinnittää huomiota
— to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
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French:
attirer l'attention
— to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
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Galician:
rechamar
— to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
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German:
Aufmerksamkeit anziehen
— to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
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Hungarian:
felhívja a figyelmet
— to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
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Japanese:
注意を引く
(chūi o hiku)
— to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
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Māori:
whakahahaki
— to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
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Māori:
whakaatuatu
— to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
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Polish:
zwracać uwagę
— to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
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Polish:
zwrócić uwagę
— to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
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Portuguese:
chamar atenção
— to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
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Portuguese:
chamar a atenção
— to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
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Russian:
привлека́ть внима́ние
(privlekátʹ vnimánije)
— to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
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Russian:
привле́чь внима́ние
(privléčʹ vnimánije)
— to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
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Spanish:
llamar la atención
— to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
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Spanish:
señalar a la atención
— to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
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Spanish:
despertar la atención
— to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
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Spanish:
cantar
— to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
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Spanish:
hacerse notar
— to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
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Swedish:
dra till sig uppmärksamhet
— to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
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Swedish:
fånga uppmärksamhet
— to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
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Swedish:
påkalla uppmärksamhet
— to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
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Swedish:
väcka uppmärksamhet
— to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something