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Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood.
Laurence Sterne

Meaning of "attentions" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ATTENTIONS

attentions  [əˈtenʃənz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ATTENTIONS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Attentions is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ATTENTIONS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of attentions in the English dictionary

The definition of attentions in the dictionary is acts of consideration, courtesy, or gallantry indicating affection or love.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ATTENTIONS


admissions
ædˈmɪʃənz
combinations
ˌkɒmbɪˈneɪʃənz
communications
kəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃənz
conditions
kənˈdɪʃənz
congratulations
kənˌɡrætjʊˈleɪʃənz
connections
kəˈnɛkʃənz
directions
dɪˈrɛkʃənz
foundations
faʊnˈdeɪʃənz
instructions
ɪnˈstrʌkʃənz
intentions
ɪnˈtɛnʃənz
limitations
ˌlɪmɪˈteɪʃənz
mansions
ˈmænʃənz
reflections
rɪˈflekʃənz
relations
rɪˈleɪʃənz
representations
ˌrɛprɪzɛnˈteɪʃənz
responsions
rɪˈspɒnʃənz
retentions
rɪˈtenʃənz
sessions
ˈsɛʃənz
telecommunications
ˌtɛlɪkəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃənz
transactions
trænˈzækʃənz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ATTENTIONS

attendement
attender
attendings
attendment
attentat
attention
attention deficit disorder
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
attention span
attention-grabbing
attention-seeking
attentional
attentive
attentively
attentiveness
attenuant
attenuate
attenuating circumstances
attenuation
attenuator

WORDS THAT END LIKE ATTENTIONS

accommodations
affections
alterations
community relations
community-relations
frequently asked questions
go through the motions
international relations
law of nations
millions
munitions
National Insurance contributions
notions
preparations
proportions
public relations
ramifications
Revelations
solicitations
United Nations
vibrations

Synonyms and antonyms of attentions in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ATTENTIONS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «attentions» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of attentions

Translation of «attentions» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ATTENTIONS

Find out the translation of attentions to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of attentions from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «attentions» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

关注
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

atenciones
570 millions of speakers

English

attentions
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ध्यान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الانتباه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Внимания
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

atenções
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

attentional
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

attentions
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perhatian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Aufmerksamkeiten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

注目
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

관심
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Attentional
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự quan tâm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கவனக்கட்டுப்பாட்டிற்கான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लक्ष द्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dikkat
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

attenzioni
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

uwaga
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

уваги
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

atenții
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προσοχές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aandag
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

uppmärksamhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

attentions
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of attentions

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ATTENTIONS»

The term «attentions» is quite widely used and occupies the 40.939 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ATTENTIONS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «attentions» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «attentions» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about attentions

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8 QUOTES WITH «ATTENTIONS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word attentions.
1
Richard Francis Burton
Travellers, like poets, are mostly an angry race: by falling into a daily fit of passion, I proved to the governor and his son, who were profuse in their attentions, that I was in earnest.
2
Ralph Fiennes
There is a tension in relationships between wanting to return to the womb, but also wanting to be free. Because sometimes the woman's attentions can be overly maternal, and you want to go, 'Ahhhh!'
3
Ulysses S. Grant
I appreciate the fact, and am proud of it, that the attentions I am receiving are intended more for our country than for me personally.
4
Jane Grey
God grant you all your desires and accept my own hearty thanks for all your attention to me. Although indeed, those attentions have tried me more than death can now terrify me.
5
Kim Harrison
I never considered I might make a career out of writing as I was going to school, so when I did turn my attentions that way, I was very ill prepared, having only what I read as a guide, and no formal training whatsoever. I credit that very ignorance with a great deal of my success.
6
Mary Wilson Little
The penalty of success is to be bored by the attentions of people who formerly snubbed you.
7
Laurence Sterne
Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood.
8
Mary Wollstonecraft
Women are systematically degraded by receiving the trivial attentions which men think it manly to pay to the sex, when, in fact, men are insultingly supporting their own superiority.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ATTENTIONS»

Discover the use of attentions in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to attentions and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Attentions Throbbing
" "Attentions Throbbing" is an "age-play" story. All characters are over sexually mature adults who choose to participate in "age play" scenarios.
Carolyn Faulkner, 2010
2
Delicate Attentions: a farce, in two acts
John POOLE (Dramatist.) to aberrations of this nature, his company here will no longer be desirable. Cap. You hear, Mr. Damper! Botherations of this nature, will no longer be desirable, unless, indeed, they are never repeated. [Ezeunt Mas.
John POOLE (Dramatist.), 1837
3
Divided Attentions
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Evelyn Simms, 2010
4
The New Monthly Magazine
The sufferings of our beloved Kino towards the close of existence were deep and severe ; but, as far as human means could avail, they were soothed and softened by the devoted attentions of his incomparable Consort. To do justice to those ...
Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, 1837
5
A theoretical and practical treatise on midwifery: including ...
including the diseases of pregnancy and parturition, and the attentions required by the child from birth to the period of weaning Pierre Cazeaux. During the last moments of childbirth, the pressure of the head on the lower part of the rectum ...
Pierre Cazeaux, 1857
6
London Society an illustrated magazine of light and amusing ...
MISDIRECTED ATTENTIONS. WHAT a number of people there are on this earth, Who their energies waste upon objects unfruitful — Who, designed for a certain metier at their birth, Have heads of careers, that their talents won't suit, full !
7
London society
MISDIBECTED ATTENTIONS. WHAT a number of people there are on this earth, Who their energies waste upon objects unfruitful — Who, designed for a certain metier at their birth, Have heads of careers, that their talents won't suit, full !
8
Sermons and Discourses
The benefit may not be of such a kind as to better our circumstances, or bring along with it any other palpable advantage ; but still there is a charm in the attentions of civility that is altogether independent of the benefit conferred. This charm lies ...
Thomas Chalmers, 1850
9
Love Affairs, Or, How a Flirt was Caught in His Own Trap
CHAPTER I. UNMEANINa ATTENTIONS — SUMNER PLACE. " I REALLY should like to know how soon Mary Lamb is to be married," exclaimed Maria Sunmer. '-. , She addressed herself to her cousin, a beautiful girl, who had lately arrived ...
Anne Tuttle Jones Bullard, 1854
10
Chris Crawford on Interactive Storytelling
Here's a very simple example: Principle: Women dislike unwanted attentions. First draft articulation: “Unwanted attentions” are actions of a romantic nature by a man to a woman that do not naturally flow from previous events. Women react to  ...
Chris Crawford, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ATTENTIONS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term attentions is used in the context of the following news items.
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Stocks Grab Market Attentions- Aetna Inc. (NYSE:AET), Gilead …
Health insurers Aetna Inc. (NYSE:AET) and Humana Inc. (HUM) declared on Friday that they have signed into a definitive contract for Aetna to ... «StreetWise Report, Jul 15»
2
Stocks Grab Market Attentions- Frontline Ltd. (NYSE:FRO …
Frontline Ltd. (NYSE:FRO) released that company and Frontline 2012 Ltd. have signed into an contract and plan of merger, by means of ... «StreetWise Report, Jul 15»
3
Stocks Grab Market Attentions- General Motors Company (NYSE …
General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) released that Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac dealers in the U.S. delivered 259,353 vehicles in June ... «StreetWise Report, Jul 15»
4
Everton 'outbid' for Shaqiri but could switch attentions to Mertens
Any hopes Everton had of signing Swiss international midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri look to be over as Stoke have agreed a club-record ... «Royal Blue Mersey, Jul 15»
5
Tech Stocks Grab Attentions- Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE …
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) shareholders want over $50 a share Verizon Communications Inc. paid to take the iconic Web ... «StreetWise Report, Jul 15»
6
Inter Milan turn attentions to Chelsea star
Inter Milan will turn their attention to signing Chelsea winger Juan Cuadrado after missing out on his club-mate Mohamed Salah, according to ... «talkSPORT.com, Jun 15»
7
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) Grabs Market Attentions with …
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) dropped in previous session as its IoT System fuses new and existing hardware, software, along with ... «StreetWise Report, Jun 15»
8
Stocks Grab Market Attentions- Sysco Corporation (NYSE:SYY …
Food-distribution giant, Sysco Corporation (NYSE:SYY) reported that it has ended its offered $3.5B takeover of competitor US Foods Inc. «StreetWise Report, Jun 15»
9
Everton braced for big-money bid as Chelsea turn their attentions to …
The Standard claims that Chelsea have turned their attentions to England defender Stones after their hopes of signing Real Madrid defender ... «Royal Blue Mersey, Jun 15»
10
Stocks Grab Market Attentions- News Corporation (NASDAQ:NWSA …
News Corporation (NASDAQ:NWSA) rose around 3% in previous session as it is winding down sales of custom-made tablet computers ... «StreetWise Report, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Attentions [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/attentions>. May 2024 ».
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