English Explanatory Dictionary

attraction

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The tendency to attract.
  2. The feeling of being attracted (to something).
  3. Sexual or romantic desire (especially for a specified individual, kind of person, etc).
  4. An event, location, or business that has a tendency to draw interest from visitors, and in many cases, local residents.
  5. The sacrifice of pieces in order to expose the enemy king.
  6. 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.

Pronunciation

/əˈtɹækʃn̩/ [əˈtɹækʃ(ɪ̈)n] [əˈt͡ʃɹækʃ(ɪ̈)n] en-us-attraction.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-attraction.wav

Word forms

attraction attractions

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.

Synonyms

charm pull

Antonyms

repulsion

Related words

orientation

Derived words

aesthetic attraction attractional basin of attraction chemoattraction coattraction Coulomb attraction counterattraction fatal attraction genetic sexual attraction interattraction inverse attraction law of attraction local attraction paronymic attraction photoattraction reattraction split attraction model star attraction tourist attraction unattraction

Translations

Albanian: atraksion Albanian: joshje Albanian: tërheqje Belarusian: по́цяг Belarusian: атракцыён Bulgarian: привли́чане Bulgarian: прите́гляне Bulgarian: атракцио́н Catalan: atracció Cebuano: atraksyon Dutch: aantrekkingskracht Dutch: attractie Dutch: trekpleister Finnish: viehätys Finnish: viehtymys Finnish: veto Finnish: vetovoimatekijä Finnish: attraktio Finnish: vetonumero Finnish: vetonaula Finnish: nähtävyys French: attirance Galician: atracción Georgian: მიზიდულობა Greek: έλξη Greek: θέλγητρο Greek: δέλεαρ Greek: πόλος έλξης Ancient Greek: ἐφέλκυσις Hebrew: משיכה Hebrew: אטרקציה Hindi: आकर्षण Hungarian: vonzalom Hungarian: látnivaló Italian: attrazione Polish: przywiązanie Polish: atrakcja Portuguese: atração Romanian: atragere Romanian: atracție Russian: влече́ние Russian: аттракцио́н Russian: достопримечательность Turkish: çekim Ukrainian: по́тяг Ukrainian: атракціо́н Danish: seværdighed Danish: turistattraktion German: Attraktion Latin: illecebra Māori: manawareka Norwegian Bokmål: severdighet Norwegian Bokmål: turistattraksjon Slovene: atrakcija Telugu: ఆకర్షణ
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