Past tense of attract
regular verb
The past tense of attract is attracted. The past participle is also attracted.
Forms of attract
| Base form (V1) | attract /əˈtɹækt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | attracted /əˈtɹæktɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | attracted /əˈtɹæktɪd/ |
| Present participle | attracting |
| Third person singular | attracts |
Attracted in a sentence
- His big smile and brown eyes instantly attracted me.
- The latest seed has attracted a lot of users in our online community.From the entry seed
- The suspicious omissions in the new edition of the book attracted claims of censorship.From the entry omission
- His conspiratorial whispers were soft, but that just attracted more attention.From the entry conspiratorial
- I found myself attracted to his mullet even though it struck me as needlessly nineties.From the entry nineties
Meaning of attract
- verb To pull toward without touching.
- verb To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.
- verb To incur.
Questions about the past tense of attract
- What is the past tense of attract?
- The past tense of attract is attracted.
- What is the past participle of attract?
- The past participle of attract is attracted.
- Is attract a regular or irregular verb?
- Attract is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: attract (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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