pay attention

Idioms  

1. Heed, be attentive to, as in Now pay attention to these instructions. [Second half of 1700s]

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Example Sentences

For now, the message from bonds is clear—and investors may want to pay attention.

From Barron's

“This is a relatively obscure thing, not many people pay attention to this data,” Kizemchuk said.

From MarketWatch

“And in general, we try to pay attention to our fans.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The ripple effects are genuine and we can all feel them if we’re willing to pay attention.

From Salon

“Japan’s real policy interest rate was at the lowest level globally, and since foreign exchange market participants pay attention to real interest rate differentials, it was also necessary from a forward-looking perspective for the bank to adjust the significantly negative real policy interest rate relatively early,” the minutes quoted the member that proposed to raise rates to 1.0% at the meeting.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• attend
• check out
• examine
• follow
• listen
• look
• observe
• regard
• scan
• scrutinize
• see
• stare
• view
• wait