pay attention

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

Example Sentences

“Even if it’s not your stated demographic or your desired demographic, you still have to pay attention to this generation because of the influence that they’re having,” she said.

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“Traveling that fast is not easy. I tried not to pay attention,” he said.

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Rodriguez said there are “very valid reasons” to pay attention to alerts but that minimizing their harmful effects is crucial for economic recovery.

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“We don’t really pay attention to numbers on the other team,” Carson said.

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Too often we pay attention to the wrong things, whether it’s a local election 1,000 miles away or what some podcaster said on the internet that day.

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Related Words

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