paying attention

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paying attention - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  paying attention
      adj 1: taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention;
             "heedful of the warnings"; "so heedful a writer";
             "heedful of what they were doing" [syn: heedful,
             attentive, thoughtful, paying attention] [ant:
             heedless, unheeding]
      n 1: paying particular notice (as to children or helpless
           people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends
           without heed to the consequences" [syn: attentiveness,
           heed, regard, paying attention] [ant: heedlessness,
           inattentiveness]