not to pay attention

  • 1pay attention — Synonyms and related words: address, advert to, attend to, attend to business, be alert, be aware of, be concerned, be engrossed in, be obsessed with, beau, care, chase, concentrate on, consider, court, drink in, esquire, fix on, focus on, follow …

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  • 2Pay Attention to Yourselves and to All the Flock — Infobox Book name = Pay Attention to Yourselves and to All the Flock title orig = translator = image caption = illustrator = cover artist = country = language = series = subject = Leadership procedure of Jehovah s Witnesses genre = Religious… …

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  • 3did not pay attention — did not give any attention to, paid no mind to …

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  • 4Attention — is the cognitive process of paying attention to one aspect of the environment while ignoring others. Attention is one of the most intensely studied topics within psychology and cognitive neuroscience. In 1890, William James, in his textbook… …

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  • 5pay# — pay vb Pay, compensate, remunerate, satisfy, reimburse, indemnify, repay, recompense are comparable when they mean to give money or an equivalent in return for something. Pay is the ordinary term when the giving or furnishing of money to… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 6Pay — Pay, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paying}.] [OE. paien, F. payer, fr. L. pacare to pacify, appease, fr. pax, pacis, peace. See {Peace}.] 1. To satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy (another person) for service rendered,… …

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  • 7pay no heed — not pay attention …

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  • 8pay no regard to — not pay attention to …

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  • 9not for nothing — Usually followed by the word but, this is essentially a call to pay attention to the next words out of the speaker s mouth, e.g., Not for nothing, but did you see the way he looked at you? …

    The small dictionary of idiomes

  • 10attention — noun 1 WATCHING/LISTENING CAREFULLY a) pay attention to carefully listen to or watch something that is happening, or to be careful about what you are doing: The teacher got angry with me when I didn t pay attention. (+ to): The TV was on but Di… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English