pay attention

idiomatic intransitive

(idiomatic, intransitive) To attend; to be attentive; to focus one's attention.

Japanese Meaning

注意を払う / 集中する / 意識する

Many elderly residents pay attention at the village church every Sunday.

多くの高齢の住民は毎週日曜日に村の教会に出席します。

Sense（1）

(idiomatic, intransitive) To attend; to be attentive; to focus one's attention.

I was on my way to the door, but all at once, through the fog in my head, I began to sight one reef that I hadn't paid any attention to afore.

pays attention

（ present singular third-person ）

paying attention

（ participle present ）

paid attention

（ participle past ）

paid attention

（ past ）