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Attention   /ətˈɛnʃən/   Listen
Attention

noun
1.
The process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others.  Synonym: attending.  Antonym: inattention.
2.
The work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something.  Synonyms: aid, care, tending.  "The old car needs constant attention"
3.
A general interest that leads people to want to know more.
4.
A courteous act indicating affection.
5.
The faculty or power of mental concentration.
6.
A motionless erect stance with arms at the sides and feet together; assumed by military personnel during drill or review.



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"Attention" Quotes from Famous Books



... he sat down Crossfield sprang to his feet. This was the signal for loud schoolhouse cheers, and for general attention from all quarters, for Crossfield usually had something to say worth ...
— The Willoughby Captains • Talbot Baines Reed
... His Majesty's attention was attracted by a charming young person one morning in the suburbs of Schoenbrunn; and some one was ordered to see this young lady, and arrange for a rendezvous at the chateau the following evening. Fortune favored his Majesty on this occasion. ...
— The Private Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete • Constant
... attention, now, to the second question, that of the collection and arrangement of these writings in a volume or series of volumes cooerdinate in authority with the books of the Old Testament, we have a succession of periods, not sharply separated ...
— Companion to the Bible • E. P. Barrows
... and pathetic, caught all my attention, and I leaned my head forward to avoid hearing their observations, that I might listen without interruption: but, upon turning round, when the song was over, I found that I was the object of general diversion to the whole party; for the Miss Branghtons were tittering, and the ...
— Evelina • Fanny Burney
... Neither man paid any attention to me as I slowly picked myself up and started toward the store. The soldier had not seen me at all. The other man's face was dark, and he wore the dress of the Mexican. It was only by his alertness and skill ...
— Vanguards of the Plains • Margaret McCarter


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