attention
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
attention/əˈtenʃn/
▶noun
- 1 the mental faculty of considering or taking notice.
■ notice taken.
- 2 special care or consideration.
■ (attentions) a person's behaviour to another as an indication of affection or sexual interest.
- 3 Military a position assumed by a soldier, standing very straight with the feet together and the arms straight down the sides of the body.
– derivatives
attentional adjective.
attentional adjective.
'attention' also found in these Oxford entries:
absent
- absorb
- ADHD
- ahem
- ahoy
- alley-oop
- animadvert
- arrest
- assiduity
- asterism
- attend
- attention deficit disorder
- attentive
- ball
- beck
- bend
- benign neglect
- bleep
- buzzer
- call
- captivate
- care
- careful
- careless
- case
- catch
- catchword
- cause célèbre
- centre
- claim
- clamant
- clamour
- compel
- concentrate
- conspicuous
- consume
- cooee
- court
- cynosure
- daydream
- detailed
- detain
- discreet
- disregard
- distant
- distract
- distraction
- diversion
- divert
