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attention

[ noun uh-ten-shuhn; interjection uh-ten-shuhn ]
/ noun É™Ėˆtɛn ŹƒÉ™n; interjection É™ĖŒtɛnˈʃʌn /
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Origin of attention

1325–75; Middle English attencioun<Latin attentiōn- (stem of attentiō). See attent, -ion

OTHER WORDS FROM attention

atĀ·tenĀ·tionĀ·al, adjectiveoĀ·verĀ·atĀ·tenĀ·tion, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for attention

attention
/ (É™ĖˆtɛnŹƒÉ™n) /

noun
sentence substitute
the order to be alert or to adopt a position of formal military alertness

Word Origin for attention

C14: from Latin attentiō, from attendere to apply the mind to; see attend
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Other Idioms and Phrases with attention

attention

see pay attention.

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