Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
attention en · INTJ
Pronunciation
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- /əˈtɛn.ʃn̩/
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *ten-
Proto-Indo-European *tend-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *téndeti
Proto-Italic *tendō
Latin tendō
Latin attendō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin attentiōbor.
Middle English attencioun
English attention
From Middle English attencioun, borrowed from Latin attentio, attentionis, from attendere, past participle attentus (“to attend, give heed to”); see attend. Equivalent to attend + -tion.
Meanings
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Used as a command to bring soldiers to the attention position.
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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.
Translations (43)
de Achtung (military command) · ja 気を付け (military command) · he הקשב (military command) · sq Gatitu (military command) · sv lystring (call for people to pay special heed) · tl manda (military command) · uk увага (call for people to pay special heed) · de Vorsicht (call for people to pay special heed) · es atención (military command) · ru сми́рно (military command) · sv hör upp (call for people to pay special heed) · ro atenție! (call for people to pay special heed) · mk внима́ние (military command) · fi tseno (military command) · de Wahrschau (call for people to pay special heed) · ms sedia (military command) · pl uwaga (call for people to pay special heed) · fi huomio (call for people to pay special heed) · cs pozor (military command) · lv uzmanību (call for people to pay special heed) · it attenti (military command) · de Aufgepasst (call for people to pay special heed) · fi sento (military command) · sv givakt (military command) · da giv agt (military command) · fi asento (military command) · tl humanda (military command) · nl geef acht (military command) · de Achtung (call for people to pay special heed) · mk внима́ние (call for people to pay special heed) · th แถวตรง (military command) · zza diqet (military command) · mi paiahahā (call for people to pay special heed) · ru внима́ние (call for people to pay special heed) · hu vigyázz (military command) · cmn 立正 (military command) · hu hapták (military command) · sv giv akt (military command) · pl baczność (military command) · fr garde à vous (military command) · he זהירות (call for people to pay special heed) · ko 주의 (military command) · id siap (military command)
attention en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (General-American) audio
- (General-American) audio
- /əˈtɛn.ʃn̩/
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *ten-
Proto-Indo-European *tend-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *téndeti
Proto-Italic *tendō
Latin tendō
Latin attendō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin attentiōbor.
Middle English attencioun
English attention
From Middle English attencioun, borrowed from Latin attentio, attentionis, from attendere, past participle attentus (“to attend, give heed to”); see attend. Equivalent to attend + -tion.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Mental focus.
But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea.
2012 March 14, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 87:One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter III, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:Please direct your attention to the following words.
In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. But he had then none of the oddities and mannerisms which I hold to be inseparable from genius, and which struck my attention in after days when I came in contact with the Celebrity.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:Most of the pictures of common life that we meet with in books are drawn in the shape of novels, with the view of attracting the attention of indolent readers; the question with authors being, not of what can I inform my neighbour by which he may be improved in head or heart, mind or morals? but what is the fashion of public taste? that by pandering to it I may secure sale and applause! Hence the present jumble of brains, the rack of invention to excite, supply, and cram the public appetite, all so agape after tales of the marvellous, till the picture of life is overwrought, and the image of nature bedaubed to disgust.
1881, John Younger, “Introductory Chapter”, in Autobiography of John Younger, Shoemaker, St. Boswells, Kelso, Scotland: J. & J.H. Rutherfurd, pages x–xi:Lesper Killey was at her shoulder, jerking at the wash-faded denim of her jumper to get her attention.
1959, Mari Sandoz, “Bone Joe and the Smokin' Woman”, in Hostiles and Friendlies: Selected Short Writings:
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(countable) An action or remark expressing concern for or interest in someone or something, especially romantic interest.
For some time past I have been the recipient of very marked attentions from a young lady.
1910, Stephen Leacock, “How to Avoid Getting Married,”, in Literary Lapses:She attended her sickbed; her watchful attentions triumphed over the malignity of the distemper.
1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter 3, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC:
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(uncountable) A state of alertness in the standing position.
The company will now come to attention.
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(qualifier:machine learning, uncountable) 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.
The attention mechanism is an important part of these models and plays a very crucial role. Before Transformer models, the attention mechanism was proposed as a helper for improving conventional DL models such as RNNs.
2021, Savas Yildirim, Meysam Asgari-Chenaghlu, Mastering Transformers […] , Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 26:
Forms
Antonyms
apathy · oversight · inattention · neglect
Deriveds
attentionless · attention getter · attract attention · attention-seeking · meta-attention · stand at attention · attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder · nonattention · attention deficit hyperactivity disorder · centre of attention · cross-attention · attention-seeker · pay attention · self-attention · snap to attention · attention whore · draw attention · attention economy · center of attention · preattention · care and attention · attention seeker · attention deficit disorder · attention-grabbing · unattention · attention line · stand to attention · attentional · thank you for your attention to this matter · attention span · overattention · at attention · hyperattention · underattention · disattention
Relateds
ponder · attentive · pay attention · notable · heads up!
Synonyms
heed · mark · reflection · heedfulness · observance · notice · notice · regard · consideration · advertency · heed · attention · mind · observation · advertence · note
Translations (200)
ru внима́ние (romantic interest) · ota بال (romantic interest) · mk внима́ние (state of alertness in the standing position) · rsk позорносц (mental focus) · pdt Acht (nds) (mental focus) · fa-ira دِقَّت (mental focus) · fr garde à vous (state of alertness in the standing position) · hu vigyázzállás (state of alertness in the standing position) · el προσοχή (state of alertness in the standing position) · eo atento (mental focus) · ka გულისყური (mental focus) · gd suim (mental focus) · sq reja (mental focus) · cs pozor (state of alertness in the standing position) · sl pozornost (mental focus) · fr attentions (romantic interest) · ur تَوَجُّہ (mental focus) · ar اِنْتِبَاه (mental focus) · sdn afficcu (mental focus) · nl aandachtigheid (mental focus) · grc προσοχή (mental focus) · hi आकर्षण (romantic interest) · ar اِهْتِمَام (mental focus) · sdc attintzione (mental focus) · nb oppmerksomhet (mental focus) · ml ശ്രദ്ധ (mental focus) · ja 気を付け (state of alertness in the standing position) · lv uzmanība (mental focus) · da opmærksomhed (romantic interest) · grc φροντίς (mental focus) · ru внима́тельность (mental focus) · ky ыклас (mental focus) · az diqqət (mental focus) · hi सावधान (state of alertness in the standing position) · ko 주목 (mental focus) · cmn 殷勤 (romantic interest) · mk внима́ние (mental focus) · cs pozornost (mental focus) · sq vëmendje (mental focus) · ug دىققەت (mental focus) · ky ыкылас (mental focus) · be ўва́га (mental focus) · ro drepți (poziție de drepți) (state of alertness in the standing position) · es atención (romantic interest) · tg диққат (mental focus) · uz diqqat (mental focus) · sq re (mental focus) · ht atansyon (mental focus) · ur دِھیان (mental focus) · ru внима́ние (mental focus) · cmn 立正 (state of alertness in the standing position) · tr dikkat (mental focus) · nl attentie (mental focus) · sc appéntu (mental focus) · ar تَوَجُّه (mental focus) · fy oandacht (mental focus) · de Habtachtstellung (state of alertness in the standing position) · rsk меркованє (mental focus) · ota دقت (romantic interest) · tr özen (mental focus) · el περιποίηση (romantic interest) · ta நாட்டம் (mental focus) · pl uwaga (mental focus) · pt sentido (state of alertness in the standing position) · da opmærksomhed (mental focus) · sh позо́рно̄ст (state of alertness in the standing position) · rsk увага (mental focus) · fi huomionosoitus (romantic interest) · sl pozornost (romantic interest) · kk зейін (mental focus) · ky көңүл бургула! (mental focus) · sh pozórnōst (state of alertness in the standing position) · yue 注意 (mental focus) · sc isméru (mental focus) · he קשב (mental focus) · ky кунт (mental focus) · pl atencja (romantic interest) · sdc appéntu (mental focus) · et tähelepanu (mental focus) · bg внима́ние (state of alertness in the standing position) · uz eʼtibor (mental focus) · la attentiō (mental focus) · tr tetik (mental focus) · sc attentzione (mental focus) · ky көңүл буруу (mental focus) · hu (in the phrase "vigyázzban áll") vigyázz (state of alertness in the standing position) · uz tavajjuh (mental focus) · pt atenção (romantic interest) · ko 주의 (mental focus) · sc isméru (mental focus) · sl pozor (state of alertness in the standing position) · is athygli (mental focus) · fi asento (state of alertness in the standing position) · sc coidadu (mental focus) · el προσοχή (mental focus) · fa-ira تَوَجُّهْ (mental focus) · pl baczność (state of alertness in the standing position) · mk внима́телност (mental focus) · grc μελέτη (mental focus) · hu odafigyelés (mental focus) · cy ystyriaeth (mental focus) · gd èisteachd (mental focus) · ba иғтибар (mental focus) · de Aufmerksamkeit (romantic interest) · ky көңүл (mental focus) · sh pozórnōst (mental focus) · el φροντίδα (romantic interest) · sh позо́рно̄ст (mental focus) · mn анхаарал (mental focus) · gd aire (mental focus) · ja 注目 (mental focus) · fa-ira خَبَرْدار (state of alertness in the standing position) · hu figyelmesség (romantic interest) · fr attention (romantic interest) · tl lingil (mental focus) · nb akt (state of alertness in the standing position) · th แถวตรง (state of alertness in the standing position) · he הקשב (state of alertness in the standing position) · nl aandacht (mental focus) · tg таваҷҷӯҳ (mental focus) · ru уха́живания (romantic interest) · nl attenties (romantic interest) · it attenti (state of alertness in the standing position) · ja 注意 (mental focus) · ro atenție (mental focus) · vi chú ý (mental focus) · fr attention (mental focus) · fa-ira اِنْتِباه (mental focus) · it attenzione (mental focus) · fr attention (state of alertness in the standing position) · ky назар (mental focus) · bg уха́жване (romantic interest) · nl paraatheid (state of alertness in the standing position) · mi whakamatika (state of alertness in the standing position) · gl atención (mental focus) · prs اِنْتِبَاه (mental focus) · sdn isméru (mental focus) · ur تَوَجُّہْ (mental focus) · de Achtung (state of alertness in the standing position) · de Habachtstellung (state of alertness in the standing position) · sh па̀жња (mental focus) · ka ყურადღება (mental focus) · fi huomio (mental focus) · it allerta (state of alertness in the standing position) · mk додвору́вање (romantic interest) · it sull'attenti (state of alertness in the standing position) · sc attentzione (mental focus) · de Attention (mental focus) · tt игътибар (mental focus) · th ความสนใจ (mental focus) · be ува́га (mental focus) · sh pàžnja (mental focus) · yi אויפֿמערקזאַמקייט (mental focus) · ky урмат (mental focus) · gur guusgo (mental focus) · sv givakt (state of alertness in the standing position) · ga aoidh (mental focus) · ca atenció (state of alertness in the standing position) · da bevågenhed (mental focus) · es atención (mental focus) · nb akt (mental focus) · tg интибоҳ (mental focus) · ky дит (mental focus) · ru сто́йка «сми́рно» (state of alertness in the standing position) · sdn appéntu (mental focus) · bg внима́ние (mental focus) · fy attinsje (mental focus) · nn åtgaum (mental focus) · gl atención (romantic interest) · fi tarkkaavaisuus (mental focus) · kk назар (mental focus) · ro atenție (romantic interest) · uk ува́га (mental focus) · nn merksemd (mental focus) · mt attenzjoni (mental focus) · hu hapták (state of alertness in the standing position) · rsk повага (mental focus) · prs تَوَجُّهْ (mental focus) · cmn 注意 (mental focus) · mi matika (state of alertness in the standing position) · sv uppmärksamhet (state of alertness in the standing position) · prs دِقَّت (mental focus) · ckb ئاگاداری (mental focus) · ky дыкат (mental focus) · hu figyelem (mental focus) · he תְּשׂוּמַת לֵב (mental focus) · hy ուշադրություն (mental focus) · de Wachsamkeit (mental focus) · ky ынта (mental focus) · de Aufmerksamkeit (mental focus) · hi ध्यान (mental focus) · sk pozornosť (mental focus) · pl względy (romantic interest) · ta கவனம் (mental focus) · lt dėmesys (mental focus) · pt atenção (mental focus) · pdt Achtunk (mental focus) · th การเอาใจใส่ (mental focus) · de Beachtung (mental focus) · sv uppmärksamhet (mental focus)