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noun

Attention n.

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. "They say the tongues of dying men Enforce attention like deep harmony." 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.

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

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

Synonyms: Care; heed; study; consideration; application; advertence; respect; regard.

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Etymology of 'Attention'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Attention" Quotes from Famous Books

... superiority. A vanquished phantom—nothing more. Often in the evening, his repaired watch faintly ticking on the table by the side of the lighted lamp, Razumov would look up from his writing and stare at the bed with an expectant, dispassionate attention. Nothing was to be seen there. He never really supposed that anything ever could be seen there. After a while he would shrug his shoulders slightly and bend again over his work. For he had gone to work and, at first, with ...

— Under Western Eyes • Joseph Conrad

... is no danger signal here now," returned Tom, glancing around. Some bushes torn up beside the road attracted his attention, and he hurried toward ...

— The Rover Boys out West • Arthur M. Winfield

... but of course, under the circumstances, you could hardly expect me to hang a signboard out to call attention to them, could ...

— A Woman who went to Alaska • May Kellogg Sullivan

... it would at once give him a place in the front rank of the writers of to-day.... 'The Terror' is a story that deserves to be widely read, for, while it is of thrilling interest, holding the reader's attention closely, there is about it a literary quality that makes it worthy of something more than ...

— The Farringdons • Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler

... alguja, a kind of Pandean pipe with seven openings, struck our attention; their music was wafted by the wind quite distinctly from somewhere in the wood. They also startled a whole family of monkeys in the branches of a tree over our heads. Two or three monkeys carefully slipped down, and looked round ...

— From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan • Helena Pretrovna Blavatsky

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