Definition of ATTENTION

attention

Meanings

Plural: attentions

Noun

  • the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
  • the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
    • "the old car needs constant attention"
  • a general interest that leads people to want to know more
    • "She was the center of attention"
  • a courteous act indicating affection
    • "she tried to win his heart with her many attentions"
  • the faculty or power of mental concentration
    • "keeping track of all the details requires your complete attention"
  • a motionless erect stance with arms at the sides and feet together; assumed by military personnel during drill or review
    • "the troops stood at attention"
  • Mental focus.
  • An action or remark expressing concern for or interest in someone or something, especially romantic interest.
  • A state of alertness in the standing position.
  • A kind of prioritisation technique in neural networks that assigns soft weights between tokens from two (or more) input sequences in order to compute the required output.

Intj

  • Used as a command to bring soldiers to the attention position.
  • A call for people to be quiet/stop doing what they are presently doing and pay heed to what they are to be told or shown.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English attencioun, borrowed from Latin attentio, attentionis, from attendere, past participle attentus (“to attend, give heed to”); see attend.

Scrabble Score: 9

attention is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
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Words With Friends Score: 11

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