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Conjugation attract conjugation
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attract · verb
Present I attract
Positive I attract
Singular
1st person I attract
2nd person you attract
3rd person he/she/it attracts
Plural
1st person we attract
2nd person you attract
3rd person they attract
Negative I don't attract
Singular
1st person I don't attract I do not attract
2nd person you don't attract you do not attract
3rd person he/she/it doesn't attract he/she/it does not attract
Plural
1st person we don't attract we do not attract
2nd person you don't attract you do not attract
3rd person they don't attract they do not attract
Question do I attract?
Singular
1st person do I attract?
2nd person do you attract?
3rd person does he/she/it attract?
Plural
1st person do we attract?
2nd person do you attract?
3rd person do they attract?
Negative question don't I attract?
Singular
1st person don't I attract? do I not attract?
2nd person don't you attract? do you not attract?
3rd person doesn't he/she/it attract? does he/she/it not attract?
Plural
1st person don't we attract? do we not attract?
2nd person don't you attract? do you not attract?
3rd person don't they attract? do they not attract?
Past I attracted
Positive I attracted
Singular
1st person I attracted
2nd person you attracted
3rd person he/she/it attracted
Plural
1st person we attracted
2nd person you attracted
3rd person they attracted
Negative I didn't attract
Singular
1st person I didn't attract I did not attract
2nd person you didn't attract you did not attract
3rd person he/she/it didn't attract he/she/it did not attract
Plural
1st person we didn't attract we did not attract
2nd person you didn't attract you did not attract
3rd person they didn't attract they did not attract
Question did I attract?
Singular
1st person did I attract?
2nd person did you attract?
3rd person did he/she/it attract?
Plural
1st person did we attract?
2nd person did you attract?
3rd person did they attract?
Negative question didn't I attract?
Singular
1st person didn't I attract? did I not attract?
2nd person didn't you attract? did you not attract?
3rd person didn't he/she/it attract? did he/she/it not attract?
Plural
1st person didn't we attract? did we not attract?
2nd person didn't you attract? did you not attract?
3rd person didn't they attract? did they not attract?
Future I'll attract
Positive I'll attract
Singular
1st person I'll attract I will attract
2nd person you'll attract you will attract
3rd person he/she/it'll attract he/she/it will attract
Plural
1st person we'll attract we will attract
2nd person you'll attract you will attract
3rd person they'll attract they will attract
Negative I won't attract
Singular
1st person I won't attract I will not attract
2nd person you won't attract you will not attract
3rd person he/she/it won't attract he/she/it will not attract
Plural
1st person we won't attract we will not attract
2nd person you won't attract you will not attract
3rd person they won't attract they will not attract
Question will I attract?
Singular
1st person will I attract?
2nd person will you attract?
3rd person will he/she/it attract?
Plural
1st person will we attract?
2nd person will you attract?
3rd person will they attract?
Negative question won't I attract?
Singular
1st person won't I attract? will I not attract?
2nd person won't you attract? will you not attract?
3rd person won't he/she/it attract? will he/she/it not attract?
Plural
1st person won't we attract? will we not attract?
2nd person won't you attract? will you not attract?
3rd person won't they attract? will they not attract?
Conditional I'd attract
Positive I'd attract
Singular
1st person I'd attract I would attract
2nd person you'd attract you would attract
3rd person he/she/it'd attract he/she/it would attract
Plural
1st person we'd attract we would attract
2nd person you'd attract you would attract
3rd person they'd attract they would attract
Negative I wouldn't attract
Singular
1st person I wouldn't attract I would not attract
2nd person you wouldn't attract you would not attract
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't attract he/she/it would not attract
Plural
1st person we wouldn't attract we would not attract
2nd person you wouldn't attract you would not attract
3rd person they wouldn't attract they would not attract
Question would I attract?
Singular
1st person would I attract?
2nd person would you attract?
3rd person would he/she/it attract?
Plural
1st person would we attract?
2nd person would you attract?
3rd person would they attract?
Negative question wouldn't I attract?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I attract? would I not attract?
2nd person wouldn't you attract? would you not attract?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it attract? would he/she/it not attract?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we attract? would we not attract?
2nd person wouldn't you attract? would you not attract?
3rd person wouldn't they attract? would they not attract?
Present continuous I'm attracting
Positive I'm attracting
Singular
1st person I'm attracting I am attracting
2nd person you're attracting you are attracting
3rd person he/she/it's attracting he/she/it is attracting
Plural
1st person we're attracting we are attracting
2nd person you're attracting you are attracting
3rd person they're attracting they are attracting
Negative I'm not attracting
Singular
1st person I'm not attracting I am not attracting
2nd person you aren't attracting you're not attracting you are not attracting
3rd person he/she/it isn't attracting he/she/it's not attracting he/she/it is not attracting
Plural
1st person we aren't attracting we're not attracting we are not attracting
2nd person you aren't attracting you're not attracting you are not attracting
3rd person they aren't attracting they're not attracting they are not attracting
Question am I attracting?
Singular
1st person am I attracting?
2nd person are you attracting?
3rd person is he/she/it attracting?
Plural
1st person are we attracting?
2nd person are you attracting?
3rd person are they attracting?
Negative question aren't I attracting?
Singular
1st person aren't I attracting? am I not attracting?
2nd person aren't you attracting? are you not attracting?
3rd person isn't he/she/it attracting? is he/she/it not attracting?
Plural
1st person aren't we attracting? are we not attracting?
2nd person aren't you attracting? are you not attracting?
3rd person aren't they attracting? are they not attracting?
Past continuous I was attracting
Positive I was attracting
Singular
1st person I was attracting
2nd person you were attracting
3rd person he/she/it was attracting
Plural
1st person we were attracting
2nd person you were attracting
3rd person they were attracting
Negative I wasn't attracting
Singular
1st person I wasn't attracting I was not attracting
2nd person you weren't attracting you were not attracting
3rd person he/she/it wasn't attracting he/she/it was not attracting
Plural
1st person we weren't attracting we were not attracting
2nd person you weren't attracting you were not attracting
3rd person they weren't attracting they were not attracting
Question was I attracting?
Singular
1st person was I attracting?
2nd person were you attracting?
3rd person was he/she/it attracting?
Plural
1st person were we attracting?
2nd person were you attracting?
3rd person were they attracting?
Negative question wasn't I attracting?
Singular
1st person wasn't I attracting? was I not attracting?
2nd person weren't you attracting? were you not attracting?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it attracting? was he/she/it not attracting?
Plural
1st person weren't we attracting? were we not attracting?
2nd person weren't you attracting? were you not attracting?
3rd person weren't they attracting? were they not attracting?
Future continuous I'll be attracting
Positive I'll be attracting
Singular
1st person I'll be attracting I will be attracting
2nd person you'll be attracting you will be attracting
3rd person he/she/it'll be attracting he/she/it will be attracting
Plural
1st person we'll be attracting we will be attracting
2nd person you'll be attracting you will be attracting
3rd person they'll be attracting they will be attracting
Negative I won't be attracting
Singular
1st person I won't be attracting I will not be attracting
2nd person you won't be attracting you will not be attracting
3rd person he/she/it won't be attracting he/she/it will not be attracting
Plural
1st person we won't be attracting we will not be attracting
2nd person you won't be attracting you will not be attracting
3rd person they won't be attracting they will not be attracting
Question will I be attracting?
Singular
1st person will I be attracting?
2nd person will you be attracting?
3rd person will he/she/it be attracting?
Plural
1st person will we be attracting?
2nd person will you be attracting?
3rd person will they be attracting?
Negative question won't I be attracting?
Singular
1st person won't I be attracting? will I not be attracting?
2nd person won't you be attracting? will you not be attracting?
3rd person won't he/she/it be attracting? will he/she/it not be attracting?
Plural
1st person won't we be attracting? will we not be attracting?
2nd person won't you be attracting? will you not be attracting?
3rd person won't they be attracting? will they not be attracting?
Conditional continuous I'd be attracting
Positive I'd be attracting
Singular
1st person I'd be attracting I would be attracting
2nd person you'd be attracting you would be attracting
3rd person he/she/it'd be attracting he/she/it would be attracting
Plural
1st person we'd be attracting we would be attracting
2nd person you'd be attracting you would be attracting
3rd person they'd be attracting they would be attracting
Negative I wouldn't be attracting
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be attracting I would not be attracting
2nd person you wouldn't be attracting you would not be attracting
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be attracting he/she/it would not be attracting
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be attracting we would not be attracting
2nd person you wouldn't be attracting you would not be attracting
3rd person they wouldn't be attracting they would not be attracting
Question would I be attracting?
Singular
1st person would I be attracting?
2nd person would you be attracting?
3rd person would he/she/it be attracting?
Plural
1st person would we be attracting?
2nd person would you be attracting?
3rd person would they be attracting?
Negative question wouldn't I be attracting?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be attracting? would I not be attracting?
2nd person wouldn't you be attracting? would you not be attracting?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be attracting? would he/she/it not be attracting?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be attracting? would we not be attracting?
2nd person wouldn't you be attracting? would you not be attracting?
3rd person wouldn't they be attracting? would they not be attracting?
Present perfect I've attracted
Positive I've attracted
Singular
1st person I've attracted I have attracted
2nd person you've attracted you have attracted
3rd person he/she/it's attracted he/she/it has attracted
Plural
1st person we've attracted we have attracted
2nd person you've attracted you have attracted
3rd person they've attracted they have attracted
Negative I haven't attracted
Singular
1st person I haven't attracted I have not attracted
2nd person you haven't attracted you have not attracted
3rd person he/she/it hasn't attracted he/she/it has not attracted
Plural
1st person we haven't attracted we have not attracted
2nd person you haven't attracted you have not attracted
3rd person they haven't attracted they have not attracted
Question have I attracted?
Singular
1st person have I attracted?
2nd person have you attracted?
3rd person has he/she/it attracted?
Plural
1st person have we attracted?
2nd person have you attracted?
3rd person have they attracted?
Negative question haven't I attracted?
Singular
1st person haven't I attracted? have I not attracted?
2nd person haven't you attracted? have you not attracted?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it attracted? has he/she/it not attracted?
Plural
1st person haven't we attracted? have we not attracted?
2nd person haven't you attracted? have you not attracted?
3rd person haven't they attracted? have they not attracted?
Past perfect I had attracted
Positive I had attracted
Singular
1st person I had attracted
2nd person you had attracted
3rd person he/she/it had attracted
Plural
1st person we had attracted
2nd person you had attracted
3rd person they had attracted
Negative I hadn't attracted
Singular
1st person I hadn't attracted I had not attracted
2nd person you hadn't attracted you had not attracted
3rd person he/she/it hadn't attracted he/she/it had not attracted
Plural
1st person we hadn't attracted we had not attracted
2nd person you hadn't attracted you had not attracted
3rd person they hadn't attracted they had not attracted
Question had I attracted?
Singular
1st person had I attracted?
2nd person had you attracted?
3rd person had he/she/it attracted?
Plural
1st person had we attracted?
2nd person had you attracted?
3rd person had they attracted?
Negative question hadn't I attracted?
Singular
1st person hadn't I attracted? had I not attracted?
2nd person hadn't you attracted? had you not attracted?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it attracted? had he/she/it not attracted?
Plural
1st person hadn't we attracted? had we not attracted?
2nd person hadn't you attracted? had you not attracted?
3rd person hadn't they attracted? had they not attracted?
Future perfect I'll have attracted
Positive I'll have attracted
Singular
1st person I'll have attracted I will have attracted
2nd person you'll have attracted you will have attracted
3rd person he/she/it'll have attracted he/she/it will have attracted
Plural
1st person we'll have attracted we will have attracted
2nd person you'll have attracted you will have attracted
3rd person they'll have attracted they will have attracted
Negative I won't have attracted
Singular
1st person I won't have attracted I will not have attracted
2nd person you won't have attracted you will not have attracted
3rd person he/she/it won't have attracted he/she/it will not have attracted
Plural
1st person we won't have attracted we will not have attracted
2nd person you won't have attracted you will not have attracted
3rd person they won't have attracted they will not have attracted
Question +'ll I have attracted?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have attracted? will I have attracted?
2nd person +'ll you have attracted? will you have attracted?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have attracted? will he/she/it have attracted?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have attracted? will we have attracted?
2nd person +'ll you have attracted? will you have attracted?
3rd person +'ll they have attracted? will they have attracted?
Negative question won't I have attracted?
Singular
1st person won't I have attracted? will I not have attracted?
2nd person won't you have attracted? will you not have attracted?
3rd person won't he/she/it have attracted? will he/she/it not have attracted?
Plural
1st person won't we have attracted? will we not have attracted?
2nd person won't you have attracted? will you not have attracted?
3rd person won't they have attracted? will they not have attracted?
Conditional perfect I'd have attracted
Positive I'd have attracted
Singular
1st person I'd have attracted I would have attracted
2nd person you'd have attracted you would have attracted
3rd person he/she/it'd have attracted he/she/it would have attracted
Plural
1st person we'd have attracted we would have attracted
2nd person you'd have attracted you would have attracted
3rd person they'd have attracted they would have attracted
Negative I wouldn't have attracted
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have attracted I would not have attracted
2nd person you wouldn't have attracted you would not have attracted
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have attracted he/she/it would not have attracted
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have attracted we would not have attracted
2nd person you wouldn't have attracted you would not have attracted
3rd person they wouldn't have attracted they would not have attracted
Question would I have attracted?
Singular
1st person would I have attracted?
2nd person would you have attracted?
3rd person would he/she/it have attracted?
Plural
1st person would we have attracted?
2nd person would you have attracted?
3rd person would they have attracted?
Negative question wouldn't I have attracted?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have attracted? would I not have attracted?
2nd person wouldn't you have attracted? would you not have attracted?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have attracted? would he/she/it not have attracted?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have attracted? would we not have attracted?
2nd person wouldn't you have attracted? would you not have attracted?
3rd person wouldn't they have attracted? would they not have attracted?
Imperative attract!
Positive
you attract!
we let's attract!
Negative
you don't attract!
we let's not attract!
Examples attract examples
How do I use attract in a sentence?
Simple sentences
Flowers attract bees.
He tried to attract her attention.
Positive atomic nuclei attract negative electrons.
Children often cry just to attract attention.
Tom didn't want to attract attention.
Bitter experience has taught me that happiness and wealth attract the envious. Unfortunately!
She likes to attract attention.
Opposites attract.
Even a small amount of human blood in the water can attract sharks from miles away.
Tom tried to attract Mary's attention.
Don't do anything to attract attention to yourself.
Newton's law of gravity is a mathematical description of the way bodies are observed to attract one another, based on many scientific experiments and observations.
Someone told me that people with type O blood attract more mosquitoes than people with any other blood type.
The peacock's beautiful tail helps it attract females.
I did not want to attract attention.
Otsvoyen decided to attract the guy's attention at any price.
Magnets attract iron.
Movie subtitles
If we want to stay alive, our village needs to lay low and not attract any attention.
To attract the court? We have more to do than to entertain the duchess.
It may attract police.
To attract your attention, she wrote the first letter.
Why don't we fire a few shots to attract attention?
Our city seems to attract more than its share of goodness.
Do I attract you?
You attract me, remember?
We don't want to attract attention.
Too many will attract attention.
We played shy and ran away into the garden. screaming loudly, showing off. wildly determined to attract his attention.
It's his job to ride on the dummy and attract the bull.
We'll try to attract his attention from up here.
Why shouldn't you attract attention?
I hope to attract our disbanded soldiers to the hidden wealth of our mountain ranges. and to the wealth that lies in the soil itself.
Beauty to attract the man you love.
I knew there was only one woman in the world who could attract men like that.
Turn out the light at the rear. It may attract police.
They get potted at but they don't attract as much attention as a military ship.
We can get a location and with your band to attract the crowd we can trim.
Oh Watson, while you're waiting, don't attract attention.
That'll attract him away from the steak, then you snatch it.
I hope you do not attract attention.
Those places attract a lot of scum and we clean it up by cracking down with a surprise raid once in a while.
The last thing we want to do is to attract attention. so you leave Sarah right where she is.
You have visions, you hear talking street sweepers, you attract the police.
But then you seem to attract that, Cary.
Why did you attract this kind of thing?
Her sour face will scare more people than her sweets can attract. Sweets? You are right.
All it did was attract the city council.
Your pretty voice'll attract people.
It might attract the police.
But doesn't the idea attract you at all?
Attract me?
Coming here, you attract attention on.
This is off the record. Those places attract a lot of scum and we clean it up by cracking down with a surprise raid once in a while.
Yes, she is. - Then she'd naturally attract the attention of most men.
Wherever you are, you always attract the best society.
I don't have to attract society.
News and current affairs
Tailoring financial products for diaspora communities could attract resources for investment, while reinforcing migrants' ties - economic and otherwise - to their home countries.
For our intention is to attract large Western energy companies with experience in this field as strategic investors.
Essential here, is to attract expatriate Afghans with skills and professional achievements to help in rebuilding the country by establishing small firms that will suck up the unemployed.
Sagging public infrastructure and an inability to attract foreign capital have made the economic outlook even worse.
A well-functioning market system helps attract high-tech investors from abroad and fosters high-technology startups at home.
Ban, who has just marked the half-way point in his five-year term in office, has so far been unable to attract a large worldwide audience for his activities. This is due, in part, to stylistic reasons, but also to the vagaries of UN diplomacy.
Argentina must struggle to attract capital; America sucks in capital from all over the world.
President Barack Obama, in particular, has been able to attract support as a liberal-left idealist and as a centrist-realist at the same time, which enabled him to win re-election in the face of a weak economy and an even weaker labor market.
Societies that fail to attract foreign brains stagnate.
People vary in their ability to attract others, and their attraction depends partly on inherent traits, partly on learned skills, and partly on social context.
But, if such protests attract too much attention, it is more likely that they will be quashed and their leaders repressed than that the corruption will be stopped.
Instead innovations come first and foremost from the United States, whose universities and laboratories attract the best and brightest from Europe, India, and China.
As the urban studies theorist Richard Florida has argued, it is technology and tolerance that attract talents.
In a populous country, it is not difficult to attract a large crowd.
Although rapidly aging Western countries are unable to attract the immigrants they need, they allow millions who are already there to suffer discrimination and abuse.
As the world's second-largest source of foreign direct investment, the EU wields considerable influence, with European investors bringing credibility to projects and regions, thereby serving to attract further investment.
It is not just the swing vote that Yanukovych needs to attract.
Insightful bloggers attract considerably more clicks than do official mouthpieces.
Al Qaeda and its affiliates have been known to attract disenchanted individuals from among Muslim and non-Muslim Europeans alike.
Likewise, governments that attract the production that was shed elsewhere need to have policies in place that enable them to benefit as much as possible from this global shift, thereby furthering their own economic development.
Indeed, the cost of labor in Africa is competitive enough that Ethiopia could attract companies from countries as poor as Bangladesh.
But a broader economic initiative is also needed to mobilize a critical mass of European and international financial resources to attract investment to the region and modernize its infrastructures and services.
Two-thirds of its population is under the age of 30, and unemployment is high; it needs to attract foreign investment for its oil and gas industry, and to finance road construction and other infrastructure projects.
The China factor also helps the US to retain existing allies and attract new ones, thereby enlarging its strategic footprint in Asia.
On the contrary, it is starving the ability of key units such as the WHO to carry out their job, and to attract and keep the expertise that they need.
In order to attract the FDI needed to achieve this, southern African countries have enacted laws aimed at encouraging greater private sector participation, with special emphasis on foreign investment.