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}]