WordNet
paying attention
n. 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] [ant: inattentiveness]
adv. in an attentive manner; "he listened attentively" [syn: attentively, with attention]
Usage examples of "paying attention".
Now, advised by some magazine column, he was paying attention to my earlobe.
Through all this the governor, who was good friends with everybody present, seemed not to be paying attention, and Cloon suddenly appeared to fall asleep.
But some of the local shops advertised themselves on paper, and she'd already found a couple of good bargains by paying attention to their flyers.