draw attention

verb

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

“I'd like to draw your attention to this part of the chart.”

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Meanings

verbdraw attention (third-person singular simple present draws attention, present participle drawing attention, simple past drew attention, past participle drawn attention)

present singular third person draws attention · participle present drawing attention · past drew attention · participle past drawn attention

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

    I'd like to draw your attention to this part of the chart.

    2 more examples

    Please be quiet. We don't want to draw attention to ourselves.

    The Inspecting Officer draws attention to the remarkable way in which the train held together after the final derailment; this was due in no small measure to the robustness of the buckeye couplings fitted to the coaches.

    1960 March, “Talking of Trains: The Slough derailment”, in Trains Illustrated, page 132

Translations

Catalan cridar l'atenció
  • cridar l'atencióto rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
Chinese Mandarin 引起注意, 吸引眼球
  • 引起注意 (yǐnqǐ zhùyì)to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • 吸引眼球 (xīyǐn yǎnqiú)to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
Dutch opzien baren, aandacht trekken
  • opzien barento rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • aandacht trekkento rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • opvallento rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
Esperanto atentigi
  • atentigito rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
Finnish herättää huomiota, kiinnittää huomiota
  • herättää huomiotato rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • kiinnittää huomiotato rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
French attirer l'attention, se faire remarquer
  • attirer l'attentionto rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • se faire remarquerto rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
German Aufmerksamkeit anziehen, auf sich aufmerksam machen
  • Aufmerksamkeit anziehento rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • auf sich aufmerksam machento rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
Hungarian felhívja a figyelmet, felhívja magára a figyelmet
  • felhívja a figyelmetto rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • felhívja magára a figyelmetto rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • magára vonja a figyelmetto rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • figyelmet keltto rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
Japanese 注意を引く
  • 注意を引く (chūi o hiku)to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
Māori whakahahaki, whakaatuatu
  • whakahahakito rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • whakaatuatuto rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
Polish zwracać uwagę, zwrócić uwagę
  • zwracać uwagęto rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • zwrócić uwagęto rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
Portuguese chamar atenção, chamar a atenção
  • chamar atençãoto rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • chamar a atençãoto rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
Russian привлека́ть внима́ние, привле́чь внима́ние
  • привлека́ть внима́ние (privlekátʹ vnimánije)to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • привле́чь внима́ние (privléčʹ vnimánije)to rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
Spanish llamar la atención, señalar a la atención
  • llamar la atenciónto rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • señalar a la atenciónto rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • despertar la atenciónto rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • cantarto rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • hacerse notarto rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
Swedish dra till sig uppmärksamhet, fånga uppmärksamhet
  • dra till sig uppmärksamhetto rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • fånga uppmärksamhetto rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • på­kalla uppmärksamhetto rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
  • väcka uppmärksamhetto rouse someone to notice something, to cause someone to focus on something
Cite this entry
APA

draw attention. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/draw%20attention

MLA

“draw attention.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/draw%20attention. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “draw attention,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/draw%20attention.

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