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English

{{rank|single|foot|beauty|618|attention|standing|books|knows}}

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /əˈtɛn.ʃən/,
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-attention.ogg


Noun

  1. Mental focus.
  2. : Please direct your attention to the following words.
  3. In the Context of An action or remark expressing concern for or interest in someone or something, especially romantic interest.
  4. * 1818, w:Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley|Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus, ch. 3,
  5. *: She attended her sickbed; her watchful attentions triumphed over the malignity of the distemper.
  6. * 1910, w:Stephen Leacock|Stephen Leacock, "How to Avoid Getting Married," in Literary Lapses,
  7. *: For some time past I have been the recipient of very marked attentions from a young lady.
  8. In the Context of A state of alertness in the standing position.
  9. : The company will now come to attention.


Related terms


Translations

  • Latvian: uzmanība
  • Polish: {{t+|pl|uwaga|f}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|atenção|f}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|внимание|n|tr=vnimánije|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|внимательность|f|cs=Cyrl|tr=vnimát'el'nost'|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Spanish: {{t-|es|atención|f}}
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin: (lìzhèng)
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|pozor|m}}
  • Finnish:
  • German: {{t+|de|Achtung|f}}
  • Polish: baczność
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|sentido|m}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|внимание|n|tr=vnimánije|sc=Cyrl}}

Category:1000 English basic words

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French

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at Fr-attention.ogg


Noun

attention

  1. attention


Interjection

attention

  1. warning


Category:French interjections Category:French nouns

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Attention \At*ten"tion\, n. [L. attentio: cf. F. attention.]
1. The act or state of attending or heeding; the application
of the mind to any object of sense, representation, or
thought; notice; exclusive or special consideration;
earnest consideration, thought, or regard; obedient or
affectionate heed; the supposed power or faculty of
attending.
[1913 Webster]

They say the tongues of dying men
Enforce attention like deep harmony. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

Note: Attention is consciousness and something more. It is
consciousness voluntarily applied, under its law of
limitations, to some determinate object; it is
consciousness concentrated. --Sir W. Hamilton.
[1913 Webster]

2. An act of civility or courtesy; care for the comfort and
pleasure of others; as, attentions paid to a stranger.
[1913 Webster]

To pay attention to, To pay one's attentions to, to be
courteous or attentive to; to wait upon as a lover; to
court.
[1913 Webster]

Syn: Care; heed; study; consideration; application;
advertence; respect; regard.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet attention
n 1: the process whereby a person concentrates on some features
of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
[syn: attending] [ant: inattention]
2: the work of caring for or attending to someone or something;
"no medical care was required"; "the old car needed
constant attention" [syn: care, aid, tending]
3: a general interest that leads people to want to know more;
"She was the center of attention"
4: a courteous act indicating affection; "she tried to win his
heart with her many attentions"
5: the faculty or power of mental concentration; "keeping track
of all the details requires your complete attention"
6: a motionless erect stance with arms at the sides and feet
together; assumed by military personnel during drill or
review; "the troops stood at attention"
Moby Dictionary
NB , TLC , absorption , acclaim , act of courtesy , acuity , acuteness ,
agility , alertness , amenity , anticipation , application , assiduity ,
attentions , attentiveness , audibility , audience , audition ,
aural examination , aural sense , auscultation , awareness , benignity ,
brightness , bugging , care , carefulness , caution , circumspection ,
circumspectness , civility , cognizance , concentration , concern ,
conference , consciousness , considerateness , consideration ,
courtesy , debate , deference , deliberation , devoirs , diligence ,
distinction , duties , eager attention , ear , eavesdropping , egards ,
electronic surveillance , engrossment , examination by ear , favor ,
favorable attention , forethought , gallantry , graceful gesture ,
hearing , heed , heedfulness , heeding , homage , honor ,
hushed attention , immersion , industry , intentness , interview ,
keenness , kindliness , limelight , listening , listening in ,
loving care , mark , mind , mindfulness , nimbleness , note , notice ,
notoriety , observance , observation , polite act , preparedness ,
prominence , promptitude , promptness , publicity , punctuality ,
quickness , rapt attention , readiness , regard , regardfulness ,
regards , remark , respects , reverence , sedulity , sedulousness ,
sense of hearing , sensibility , sharpness , sleeplessness , smartness ,
solicitude , study , tender loving care , thoughtfulness , tryout ,
urbanity , wakefulness , wiretapping


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