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paid attention

paid attention is the simple past and past participle of pay attention.

Meaning of pay attention

Verb

pay attention (third-person singular simple present pays attention, present participle paying attention, simple past and past participle paid attention)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To attend; to be attentive; to focus one's attention.
    • Please pay attention to the danger signs.

Questions about paid attention

What is paid attention the simple past and past participle of?
Paid attention is the simple past and past participle of pay attention.

Words near paid attention in the dictionary

  1. Paichuan
  2. paick
  3. paicks
  4. paid
  5. paid a visit
  6. paid attention
  7. paid back
  8. paid back in someone's own coin
  9. paid dearly
  10. paid dividends
  11. paid down

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