Attention
31attention */*/*/ — UK [əˈtenʃ(ə)n] / US noun 1) a) [uncountable] the interest or thought that you give to something you are listening to or watching The speaker was dull and their attention soon wandered. May I please have your attention? turn your attention to… …
32ATTENTION — n. f. Application d’esprit à quelque chose. Avoir attention à ce qu’on fait, à ce qu’on dit. Prêter attention. Cela demande beaucoup d’attention, une grande attention, une attention soutenue. Cela demande attention. Cela trouble l’attention.… …
33attention — [[t]əte̱nʃ(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦ attentions 1) N UNCOUNT: also N in pl, usu with poss If you give someone or something your attention, you look at it, listen to it, or think about it carefully. You have my undivided attention... Later he turned his… …
34attention — noun /əˈtɛnʃən / (say uh tenshuhn) 1. the act or faculty of attending. 2. Psychology concentration of the mind upon an object; maximal integration of the higher mental processes. 3. observant care; consideration; notice: your letter will receive… …
35attention — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Direction of the mind toward Nouns 1. attention, mindfulness, intentness, attentiveness, thought, thoughtfulness, advertence, attention to detail, care, special consideration; observance, observation,… …
36attention — nf. ; sollicitude : antanchon anc. (Saxel.002b), atanchon (002a, Cordon, Giettaz, Reyvroz, St Nicolas Cha.), atêchon (Aix.017, Albanais.001.PPA., Annecy.003.TER., Chambéry.025, St Pierre Alb., Thoiry), atêhhyon (Montagny Bozel.026), atinchon (001 …
37attention — n. & int. n. 1 the act or faculty of applying one s mind (give me your attention; attract his attention). 2 a consideration (give attention to the problem). b care (give special attention to your handwriting). 3 (in pl.) a ceremonious politeness… …
38attention*/*/*/ — [əˈtenʃ(ə)n] noun [U] 1) the fact that you are listening to someone or something, or you are looking at them May I please have your attention – I have an important announcement.[/ex] The man paid no attention to them.[/ex] 2) the fact that you… …
39Attention — Everyone knows what attention is, wrote William James in his Principles of Psychology (1890). It is the taking possession by the mind in clear and vivid form, of one out of what seem several simultaneously possible objects or trains of… …
40attention — Synonyms and related words: NB, TLC, absorption, acclaim, act of courtesy, acuity, acuteness, agility, alertness, amenity, anticipation, application, assiduity, attentions, attentiveness, audibility, audience, audition, aural examination, aural… …
