1. attention

noun. ['əˈtɛnʃən'] the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others.

Rhymes with Attention

• misapprehension
• comprehension
• condescension
• reinvention
• hypotension
• hypertension
• apprehension
• suspension
• prevention
• pretension
• extension
• convention
• contention
• retention
• laurentian
• invention
• dissension
• dimension
• detention
• ascension
• tension
• pension
• mention
• henschen
• gentian

How do you pronounce attention?

Pronounce attention as əˈtɛnʃən.

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Sentences with attention

1. Noun, singular or mass
Put the same level of care and attention into your application letter that you do with your resume.

Quotes about attention

1. It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
- Leonardo da Vinci

2. Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.
- John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

3. That's the motivation of an artist - to seek attention of some kind.
- James Taylor

2. attention-getting

adjective. likely to attract attention.

3. attention-getting

adjective. seizing the attention.

4. attention

noun. ['əˈtɛnʃən'] the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something.

5. attention

noun. ['əˈtɛnʃən'] a courteous act indicating affection.

6. attention

noun. ['əˈtɛnʃən'] a general interest that leads people to want to know more.

7. attention

noun. ['əˈtɛnʃən'] the faculty or power of mental concentration.

8. attention

noun. ['əˈtɛnʃən'] a motionless erect stance with arms at the sides and feet together; assumed by military personnel during drill or review.