attracting

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present participle of

(of people, things, places, etc.) to pull or draw someone or something towards them, by the qualities they have, especially good ones:

These flowers are brightly coloured in order to attract butterflies.

The circus is attracting huge crowds/audiences.

The government is trying to attract industry to the area (= to persuade people to place their industry there).

Her ideas have attracted a lot of attention/criticism in the scientific community.

If you are attracted by or to someone, you like them, often finding them sexually interesting:

He tends to be attracted to strong women.

I like him, but I'm not physically/sexually attracted to him.

If something attracts you, or you are attracted by it, you like it and find it interesting:

The idea of becoming a journalist attracted her.

My parents were attracted by the school's curriculum, which puts equal emphasis on artistic, practical, and intellectual subjects.

What attracted you to this role?

When something such as a magnet attracts something else, it pulls it towards it:

Magnets attract iron filings.

Since light has no mass, Newton's equation predicts that it will not be attracted by gravity towards anything.