paying attention

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Noun	1.	paying attention - paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences" attentiveness, heed, regard attending, attention - the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others advertence, advertency - the process of being heedful
Adj.	1.	paying attention - taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention; "heedful of the warnings"; "so heedful a writer"; "heedful of what they were doing" heedful, attentive, thoughtful

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advertence advertency attend attend to attending attention attentive attentiveness Audient carefulness concentrate eagle eye heed heedful inattentiveness listen mind mind out pay			He had ordered her not to go out evenings, and warned her that she must never let him catch her in com- pany with a young man, who was paying attention to her belonging to Colonel Lloyd. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave by Douglass, Frederick View in context said Levin, listening more to the sound of her voice than to the words she was saying, and all the while paying attention to the road, which passed now through the forest, and avoiding places where she might make a false step. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context But Eva was not paying attention any longer, either to me or to Jose; his white teeth were showing in a grin for all his pain; her eyes were fixed in horror on the floor. Dead Men Tell No Tales by Hornung, E. W. View in context			pay slip pay station Pay streak pay television pay up pay-and-display pay-as-you-go pay-per-click pay-per-view pay-phone pay-station pay-TV payable payables payback paycheck payday PAYE payed payee Payen Payena payer paygrade paying paying attention paying back paying guest paying-in slip payload payload (missile) payload build-up (missile and space) payload integration (missile and space) Payloader paymaster Paymaster-general payment payment by results payment card payment rate Payn Payndemain Payne's gray Payne's grey Payne's process paynim Paynize payoff payola Payor payout			payers payers payers Payette County Payette County, ID Payette County, Idaho Payette National Forest Payette River Scenic Byway Payette River Scenic Byway PAYG PAYGI PAYGO PAYGO paygrade PAYGW PAYH paying paying paying paying paying paying paying a score paying a score paying a score paying a score paying a score Paying agent Paying agent Paying Agents paying attention paying back paying back paying back in their own coin paying back in their own coin paying back in their own coin paying court paying court paying court paying court paying court paying dearly paying dearly paying devoirs paying devoirs Paying Down paying dues paying dues paying dues paying dues paying for paying for itself paying for itself Paying for leasehold repairs Paying for Our Growth in Oregon Paying for Water Services Paying Guest Paying Guest Paying Guest Paying Guest (1957 film) Paying Guest (1957 film)

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