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- DictionaryAt·ten·tion/əˈten(t)SHən/
noun
- 1. notice taken of someone or something; the regarding of someone or something as interesting or important: "he drew attention to three spelling mistakes"
- 2. the action of dealing with or taking special care of someone or something: "the business needed her attention"
to watch, listen to, or think about something carefully or with interest: You weren't paying attention to what I was saying. bring/draw (sb's) attention to sth/sb. B2. to make someone notice something or someone: If I could just draw your attention to the second paragraph. She's always trying to draw attention to herself.
3 days ago · 1. uncountable noun. If you give someone or something your attention, you look at it, listen to it, or think about it carefully. You have my undivided attention. Later he turned his attention to the desperate state of housing in the city. Synonyms: thinking, thought, mind, notice More Synonyms of attention. 2. uncountable noun.
1 [uncountable] the act of listening to, looking at, or thinking about something or someone carefully the report's attention to detail He turned his attention back to the road again. Small children have a very short attention span. Please pay attention (= listen carefully) to what I am saying.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English at‧ten‧tion /əˈtenʃən/ S2 W1 noun 1 listen/look/think carefully [ uncountable] when you carefully listen to, look at, or think about someone or something My attention wasn’t really on the game. She tried to pay attention to what he was saying.
noun. the act or faculty of attending, especially by directing the mind to an object. Synonyms: mindfulness, alertness, watchfulness, awareness, heed, consciousness. Psychology.
Sep 8, 2009 · Attention. First published Tue Sep 8, 2009; substantive revision Tue Oct 26, 2021. Attention is involved in the selective directedness of our mental lives. The nature of this selectivity is one of the principal points of disagreement between the extant theories of attention.
May 19, 2021 · William James wrote extensively about attention in the late 1800s. An often quoted passage (James, 1890/1983) beautifully captures how intuitively obvious the concept of attention is, while it remains very difficult to define in measurable, concrete terms: Everyone knows what attention is.
