care attention aid tending | the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something, no medical care was required, the old car needs constant attention |
attention | a courteous act indicating affection, she tried to win his heart with her many attentions |
attention | a motionless erect stance with arms at the sides and feet together, assumed by military personnel during drill or review, the troops stood at attention |
attention | the faculty or power of mental concentration, keeping track of all the details requires your complete attention |
attention attending | the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others |
attention span | the length of time you can concentrate on some idea or activity |
attentiveness heed regard paying attention | paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people), his attentiveness to her wishes, he spends without heed to the consequences |
center centre center of attention centre of attention | the object upon which interest and attention focuses, his stories made him the center of the party |
attention | a general interest that leads people to want to know more, She was the center of attention |
attention deficit disorder ADD attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD hyperkinetic syndrome minimal brain dysfunction minimal brain damage MBD | a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders |
signalize signalise point out call attention | point out carefully and clearly |
attract | exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away, the gravitational pull of a planet attracts other bodies |
attract pull pull in draw draw in | direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes, Her good looks attract the stares of many men, The ad pulled in many potential customers, This pianist pulls huge crowds, The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers |
attract appeal | be attractive to, The idea of a vacation appeals to me, The beautiful garden attracted many people |
attention-getting catchy | likely to attract attention, a catchy title for a movie |
attention-getting eye-catching | seizing the attention, eye-catching posters |
heedful attentive thoughtful paying attention | taking heed, giving close and thoughtful attention, heedful of the warnings, so heedful a writer, heedful of what they were doing |