attention

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
  2. noun the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
  3. noun a general interest that leads people to want to know more

Etymology

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.

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Synonyms

attending

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