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Which is correct paid or payed?
The correct past tense of the verb pay is paid, as long as the word is used in the financial or transactional sense. If the verb pay is used in a nautical sense, the correct form is payed. What can you do with the verb pay?
What is payed attention?
to listen to, watch, or consider something or someone very carefully. I hope you’re paying attention, because you’ll be tested later. pay attention to: Pay particular attention to the warnings printed on the label. Synonyms and related words.
How do you say paid attention?
Synonyms
- concentrate. verb. to give all your attention to the thing you are doing.
- focus. verb. to concentrate on something and pay particular attention to it.
- listen. verb.
- turn to. phrasal verb.
- pay attention. phrase.
- take notice. phrase.
- zero in on. phrasal verb.
- hone in on. phrasal verb.
What’s the meaning of payed?
Payed is the past tense of pay, which is defined as to give money for something. An example of payed is to have bought a shirt for $20 yesterday. verb. (archaic) Simple past tense and past participle of pay.
Why do we say pay attention?
If this were a “modern” phrase, you could (perhaps) justify it based on psychological science, related to the usage of energy by brain activity, including putting attention into something. As such “pay attention” could have emerged as “pay the cost of some mental energy into giving attention to something”.
How do you write pay attention in past tense?
The past tense of pay attention is paid attention. The third-person singular simple present indicative form of pay attention is pays attention. The present participle of pay attention is paying attention.
What is other words for pay attention?
synonyms for paying attention
- accepting.
- attending.
- concentrating.
- hearkening.
- heeding.
- interested.
- receiving.
- attentive.
Is pay attention a verb?
You’re right that the verb phrase “pay attention” is more common and idiomatic than “give attention” when the speaker means “be attentive.” However, we can “give” someone our attention as well as “pay” attention to someone. And she might either “pay attention” or “pay him no mind.”