paying attention

Speech parts

1. paying attention - Noun

2. paying attention - Adjective

Meaning

taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention

paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

regard attending listening listen thoughtful heed attentive heedful attentiveness auditive pay heed hearkening

Hypernyms

attention attending

Hyponyms

advertence advertency

Examples

The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way. Keanu Reeves

I envy paranoids; they actually feel people are paying attention to them. Susan Sontag

I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention. Diane Sawyer

Women. You tell me they're not all witches, and I'll tell you you haven't been paying attention. Charlie Huston

If you're paying attention to your wardrobe, Rudy believed, your mind isn't sufficiently occupied. Jack McDevitt

Nothing is boring exept to people who aren't really paying attention. Michael Chabon

Close letter words and terms

PAYGO paygrade paying paying attention to paying attention to the hourglass paying attention to the time