Pay Attention

Definition: Pay Attention

Pay Attention

Verb

1. Give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They paid attention to everything he said".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Pay Attention

Attention

Verb: be attentive; Adjective: attend, advert to, observe, look, see, view, remark, notice, regard, take notice, mark; give attention to, pay attention to, pay heed to, give heed to; incline an ear to, lend an ear to; trouble one's head about; give a thought to, animadvert to; occupy oneself with; contemplate; (think of); look at, look to, look after, look into, look over; see to; turn the mind to, bend the mind to, apply the mind to, direct the mind to, give the mind to, turn the eye to, bend the eye to, apply the eye to, direct the eye to, give the eye to, turn the attention to, bend the attention to, apply the attention to, direct the attention to, give the attention to; have an eye to, have in one's eye; bear in mind; take into account, take into consideration; keep in sight, keep in view; have regard to, heed, mind, take cognizance of entertain, recognize; make note of, take note of; note.

Care

Verb: be careful; Adjective: reck; take care; (be cautious); pay attention to; take care of; look to, look after, see to, see after; keep an eye on, keep a sharp eye on; chaperon, matronize, play gooseberry; keep watch, keep watch and ward; mount guard, set watch, watch; keep in sight, keep in view; mind, mind one's business.

Respect

Verb: respect, regard; revere, reverence; hold in reverence, honor, venerate, hallow; esteem; (approve of); think much of; entertain respect for, bear respect for; look up to, defer to; have a high opinion of, hold a high opinion of; pay attention, pay respect; n. to; do honor to, render honor to; do the honors, hail; show courtesy; salute, present arms; do homage to, pay homage to; pay tribute to, kneel to, bow to, bend the knee to; fall down before, prostrate oneself, kiss the hem of one's garment; worship.

Crosswords: Pay Attention

So if you pay attention, there will be a point. (Swimming With Sharks; writing credit: George Huang)

Wang! pay attention! (Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me; writing credit: Mike Myers)

I mean, can't you pay attention when I'm talking? (A Shot in the Dark; writing credit: Marcel Achard; William Peter Blatty)

Hey, now you pay attention to something here. (Roadracers; writing credit: Robert Rodriguez; Tommy Nix)

Just because a guy wants to pay attention to me, does not mean he wants to see me naked! (That '70s Show; writing credit: Stacia Raymond)

Pay attention to the magistrate (I'm Alright; performing artist: Kenny Loggins)

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Books

• Pay Attention to the Children: Lessons for Teachers and Parents from Sylvia Ashton-Warner (reference)

• Pay Attention! I'm Your Customer ... and the Reason You're in Business (reference)

• Please Pay Attention Please: Bruce Nauman's Words: Writings and Interviews (reference)

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She seemed no longer to pay attention to anything around her.

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Health

The best thing you can do is to pay attention to your child. (references)

Children with ADHD experience an inability to sit still and pay attention in class and the negative consequences of such behavior. (references)

Caregivers should pay attention to proper nutrition so that the individual with HD takes in enough calories to maintain his or her body weight. (references)

Business

Foreign companies are encouraged to pay attention to recent controversy that has arisen between the central government and institutes. (references)

Economic History

Ukraine

To succeed in the Ukrainian market, companies should pay attention to sales service and customer support. (references)

Romania

U.S. companies should pay attention to ameliorating these attitudes in their operations. (references)

Bulgaria

These companies have tried to influence the media to pay attention to international advertising norms and ethics. (references)

Worker Rights

Norway

Immigration and law enforcement authorities have begun to pay attention to the problem of trafficking. (references)

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Expressions using "pay attention": not to pay attention ♦ pay attention to ♦ To pay attention to ♦ you must pay attention to my advice. Additional references.

Afrikaans

oppas (advert, be careful, care for, pay, pay attention to, take, take care, watch, watch out for). (various references)

Albanian

i kushtoj vëmendje (mind, note). (various references)

Arabic 

‏إنتبه الى (heed), ‏إنتبه (be careful, look out, note, notice, observe, take notice), ‏إستمع (hearken, listen), ‏أصغى (attend, hark, hear, hearken, listen, listen to smb., monitor, prick up one's ears, strain), ‏راعى (consider, consult, get by, keep, observe). (various references)

Bulgarian 

слушам (attend, hark, hear, listen, listen to, obey), обръщам внимание (advert). (various references)

Chinese 

睬 (take notice of, to care for). (various references)

Czech

vìnovat pozornost. (various references)

Danish

forvente (abide, advert, await, expect, pay attention to, wait, wait for, watch out for). (various references)

Dutch

passen op (advert, care for, pay attention to, watch out for), oppassen (advert, be careful, look after, nurse, pay attention to, take care, watch out for), opletten (advert, pay attention to, watch out for), letten op (advert, pay attention to, watch out for), acht slaan op (advert, pay attention to, watch out for). (various references)

Esperanto

atenti (watch out for). (various references)

Faeroese

geva gætur (advert, pay attention to, watch out for). (various references)

Finnish

välittää (act as an intermediary, arrange supply, care, connect, convey, mediate, mind, negotiate, provide, relay, transmit), ottaa vaari jostakin (heed, pay heed), osoittaa huomiota. (various references)

French

prêter attention (pay attention to), surveiller (pay attention to), faire attention, attirer l'attention. (various references)

Frisian

achtslaan op (pay attention to, take account of, take into account). (various references)

German

beachten (advert, comply with, follow, heed, mind, note, notice, observance, observe, pay attention to, respect, take into account, take into consideration, to follow, to mind, to note, to notice, to pay attention, to respect, watch out for), aufpassen (advert, be attentive, be on the watch, invigilate, keep an eye on, look after, look out, mind, pay attention to, supervise, supervising, to pay attention, to watch, to watch out, watch, watch out, watch out for, watching), achtgeben (advert, be careful, keep an eye on, look after, pay attention to, take care, to look out, watch, watch out for). (various references)

Greek 

δίνω προσοχή (take notice). (various references)

Hebrew 

לתת �"עתו (think about), לשים לב (attend, heed, mind, reck, remark, take care, take notice), לפ� ות (appeal, apply, bear, close to, free oneself, heed, toward, towards, turn, wheel), ל�"קשיב (attend, hark, hear, listen, monitor). (various references)

Hungarian

odafigyel, figyel valamire (heed). (various references)

Icelandic

taka tillit til (account, consider, esteem, pay attention to, regard, take account of, take into account). (various references)

Indonesian

mengasi (pay attention to), mendengarkan (hark, hearken, heeg, listen to, pay attention to), gubris (heed, pay attention to). (various references)

Inuktitut

kamagivaa (to pay attention). (various references)

Italian

badare (be careful, look, look after, nurse, watch), attendere (advert, attend, await, expect, pay, pay attention to, to expect, wait for, watch out for), aspettare (abide, advert, await, be looking forward, bide, expect, pay, pay attention to, wait, wait for, watch out for), ascoltare (attend, hark, harken, hear, hearken, listen, listen to). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

目�'止める (to pay attention, to take notice), 注意�'注ぐ (to pay attention), 注意�'払う (to pay attention), 気に留める (to give heed to, to pay attention to, tomind), 気�'配る (to be watchful, to pay attention), 気�'遣う (to pay attention to another's needs), 気�'つかう (to pay attention to another's needs), 気�'つける (to be careful, to pay attention, to take care), 気�'付ける (to be careful, to pay attention, to take care), 心�'向ける (to give heed to, to pay attention to, to turn one's thoughts to), 念�'入れる (to pay attention to). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きにとめる (to give heed to, to pay attention to, tomind), ね�"�'いれる (to pay attention to), き�'くばる (to be watchful, to pay attention), き�'つかう (to pay attention to another's needs), き�'つける (to be careful, to pay attention, to take care), �"�"ろ�'むける (to give heed to, to pay attention to, to turn one's thoughts to), め�'とめる (to pay attention, to take notice), ちゅうい�'そそぐ (to pay attention), ちゅうい�'はらう (to pay attention). (various references)

Malay

menanti (advert, pay attention to, watch out for). (various references)

Norwegian

ta hensyn til (account, consider, esteem, pay attention to, regard, take account of, take into account). (various references)

Pig Latin

aypay attentionay

Polish

zwracać uwagę, uważać. (various references)

Portuguese

prestar atenção (attend, lend an ear, listen, mind). (various references)

Romanian

atenţiune (attention, be careful, have a care, take care). (various references)

Russian 

обращать внимание (heed, mind, notice, point out, regard, take note, take note of, take notice), обратить внимание. (various references)

Scottish

beachdaich (mark, pay attention to). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

paziti (be careful, cherish, heed, look after, look out, mind, ware, watch), obratiti pažnju. (various references)

Shona

-teerera (to pay attention). (various references)

Spanish

tener cuidado (advert, be careful, beware, care, look out, mind, pay attention to, take care, watch, watch one's step, watch out, watch out for), atender a (administer to, advert, answer, cater for, look after, minister, operate, pay attention to, see about, see to, service, take care of, treat, watch out for), atender (advert, attend, care, heed, listen, meet, nurse, pay attention to, respond, serve, tend, watch out for). (various references)

Sranan

wakti (advert, guard, keep, look after, pay attention to, watch out for, watch over). (various references)

Swedish

beakta (advert, heed, observe, pay attention to, pay regard to, watch out for). (various references)

Turkish

kulak vermek (attend, hark, harken, hear, hearken, heed, lend an ear, lend one's ear, listen carefully, mind, take heed of), aldirmak (advert, pay attention to, watch out for), aldırmak (bother about, heed, mind, take heed of), aldırış etmek (mind). (various references)

Turkmen 

ьns bermek. (various references)

Ukrainian

звертати увагу (harken, hearken, mind, notice, take notice). (various references)

inobaudire, inoboediens, inoboedientes, inoboedientia, inserviebant, inserviebat. (various references)

atendre. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: attention, panettoni.

-4 letters: annotate, antitype, intonate, natation, patinate, titanate.

-5 letters: aeonian, annatto, antipot, apatite, attaint, enation, patient, patinae, pinnate, pintano, pontine, tannate, tintype, tontine.