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attraction en · NOUN

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[əˈt͡ʃɹækʃ(ɪ̈)n] (Received-Pronunciation, US)
[əˈtɹækʃ(ɪ̈)n] (Received-Pronunciation, US)
/əˈtɹækʃn̩/ (Received-Pronunciation, US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.? Latin trahō Latin attrahō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin attractiōder. Old French attractionbor. Middle English attraccioun English attraction From Middle English attraccioun, from Old French attraction, from Latin attractio from past participle of attrahō (= ad + trahō), equivalent to attract + -ion.

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) The tendency to attract.
- The Moon is held in its orbit by the attraction of the Earth's gravity.
(countable, uncountable) The tendency to attract. ▸ The state of being attractive.
- I can't resist his attraction.
(countable) The tendency to attract. ▸ An event, location, or business that has a tendency to draw interest from visitors, and in many cases, local residents.
- The new mall should be a major attraction.
- Star Tours is a very cool Disney World attraction.
(countable, uncountable) The tendency to attract. ▸ The sacrifice of pieces in order to expose the enemy king.
(uncountable) The feeling of being attracted (to something), that is, being drawn toward it; a desire to be near or involved (in something).
- Our attraction to sugar makes it hard to stop eating it.
- When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. And the queerer the cure for those ailings the bigger the attraction. A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
- I kept returning there because I felt a strange attraction towards the place.
(countable, in particular, uncountable) The feeling of being attracted (to something), that is, being drawn toward it; a desire to be near or involved (in something). ▸ Sexual or romantic desire (especially for a usually specified individual, kind of person, etc).
- Murphy struggled with his attraction to men while remaining happily married all his life, daily negotiating the challenges of living in two locations simultaneously. These doublings of desire and emotional attachment left their trace in the multiple doublings within […] the billboard painting he made to signpost the home he created with his wife Sara […] 2015 January 23, John Davis, Jennifer A. Greenhill, Jason D. LaFountain, A Companion to American Art, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 255:
- I've always had an attraction to blondes.
- "I'm asexual," Yazhiisai said, the words spilling out faster than she intended. "I don't experience attraction the way most people do. I'm telling you this because I don't want there to be any surprises." 2024 October 20, Kate, A Love Unspoken, DeepMisti Publication, →ISBN, page 98:
- I don't think my husband has ever acted on any of his attractions.
(countable, uncountable) An error in language production that incorrectly extends a feature from one word in a sentence to another, e.g. when a verb agrees with a noun other than its subject.

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Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
attractions	Number=Plur		lexicographic

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ka მიზიდულობა (feeling of being attracted) · be атракцыён (something which attracts) · da tiltrækningskraft (tendency to attract) · es atracción (tendency to attract) · pl atrakcja (something which attracts) · he משיכה (feeling of being attracted) · ceb atraksyon (something which attracts) · ca atracció (tendency to attract) · bg привли́чане (feeling of being attracted) · fi nähtävyys (something which attracts) · gl atracción (feeling of being attracted) · de Anziehung (tendency to attract) · tr atraksiyon (tendency to attract) · sq joshje (feeling of being attracted) · sl atrakcija (something which attracts) · grc ἐφέλκυσις (feeling of being attracted) · eo altiro (tendency to attract) · de Liebreiz (tendency to attract) · de Reiz (tendency to attract) · fi viehätys (feeling of being attracted) · tl higom (tendency to attract) · fi vetonumero (something which attracts) · fr attraction (tendency to attract) · tr çekim (feeling of being attracted) · ca atracció (feeling of being attracted) · ky жакшынакайлык (tendency to attract) · el θέλγητρο (something which attracts) · nb severdighet (something which attracts) · la illecebra (something which attracts) · fi attraktio (linguistics: type of error) · pt atração (something which attracts) · uk по́тяг (feeling of being attracted) · hu látnivaló (something which attracts) · ru привлека́тельность (tendency to attract) · ky жылуулук (tendency to attract) · fi viehtymys (feeling of being attracted) · nl aantrekkingskracht (feeling of being attracted) · hu vonzás (tendency to attract) · te ఆకర్షణ (something which attracts) · hi आकर्षण (feeling of being attracted) · ro atracție (something which attracts) · ky өзүнө тарткычтык (tendency to attract) · de Anziehungskraft (tendency to attract) · fr attirance (feeling of being attracted) · he מְשִׁיכָה (tendency to attract) · bg атракцио́н (something which attracts) · he אטרקציה (something which attracts) · sq atraksion (feeling of being attracted) · el έλξη (tendency to attract) · ceb atraksyon (tendency to attract) · ky кызыктыргычтык (tendency to attract) · fi attraktio (something which attracts) · gl atracción (tendency to attract) · tr çekim (tendency to attract) · pt atração (feeling of being attracted) · ky аттракцион (tendency to attract) · nl trekpleister (something which attracts) · ceb atraksyon (feeling of being attracted) · hi आकर्षण (something which attracts) · ro atragere (feeling of being attracted) · el πόλος έλξης (something which attracts) · ka მიმზიდველობა (tendency to attract) · pl przyciąganie (tendency to attract) · uk атракціо́н (something which attracts) · it attrazione (something which attracts) · ky тартуу (tendency to attract) · da charme (tendency to attract) · fi vetonaula (something which attracts) · hi आकर्षण (tendency to attract) · sq tërheqje (something which attracts) · ky татынакайлык (tendency to attract) · ky жагымдуулук (tendency to attract) · ru достопримечательность (something which attracts) · be прыва́блівасць (tendency to attract) · it attrazione (feeling of being attracted) · el έλξη (feeling of being attracted) · nb turistattraksjon (something which attracts) · el δέλεαρ (something which attracts) · da turistattraktion (something which attracts) · hy ձգողականություն (tendency to attract) · cmn 吸引力 (tendency to attract) · fi vetovoima (tendency to attract) · ro atracție (feeling of being attracted) · it attrattiva (tendency to attract) · mi manawareka (something which attracts) · be по́цяг (feeling of being attracted) · fi vetovoimatekijä (something which attracts) · ru влече́ние (feeling of being attracted) · ru аттракцио́н (something which attracts) · mi hōkaka (tendency to attract) · nl aantrekkingskracht (tendency to attract) · cs přitažlivost (tendency to attract) · ky сонундук (tendency to attract) · ky тартыш (tendency to attract) · ky татканткыч жем (tendency to attract) · pl przywiązanie (feeling of being attracted) · it attrazione (tendency to attract) · pt atração (tendency to attract) · de Attraktion (something which attracts) · da seværdighed (something which attracts) · uk прива́бливість (tendency to attract) · fi veto (feeling of being attracted) · bg привлека́телност (tendency to attract) · sq tërheqje (tendency to attract) · be прыва́бнасць (tendency to attract) · el έλξη (linguistics: type of error) · hu vonzalom (feeling of being attracted) · ga imtharraingt (tendency to attract) · sl privlačnost (tendency to attract) · nl attractie (something which attracts) · da tække (tendency to attract) · ro atracție (tendency to attract) · bg прите́гляне (feeling of being attracted)

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