attracts

Attracts is the third-person singular present tense form of the verb attract. It describes the act of causing someone or something to come closer or to engage interest, attention, or favor.

In physics, attraction refers to a pulling force; gravity attracts objects toward massive bodies, and magnets attract ferromagnetic materials. In everyday language, "opposites attract" summarizes a common idea in relationships and magnetism.

In biology and chemistry, attractants are substances that draw organisms toward a stimulus; for example, plant fragrances attract pollinators; pheromones attract insects. The verb attracts appears in sentences like "the scent attracts pollinators" and "the chemical attractant attracts insects."

In marketing and sociology, the term is used to describe efforts to draw attention or customers: "the campaign attracts customers" or "the exhibit attracts crowds." Related forms include attraction (the noun), attractive (the adjective), attractor and attractant (objects that cause attraction).

Etymology: attract derives from Latin attrahere, meaning to draw toward; in modern English the sense has broadened to include drawing attention and appeal as well as physical pulling.