Allure Meaning
/əˈlʊɚ/Definition, CEFR level C2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.
verbTo entice; to attract.
Sentence Examples
He gave himself up to her allure.
I will never understand the allure of wealth.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The shop's window display had a special ____ that attracted many customers.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of the big city with its bright lights was hard for her to resist.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English aluren, from Old French aleurer, alurer, from a (“to, towards”) (Latin ad) + leurre (“lure”). By surface analysis, al- + lure.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[They retained] their ſweet skill in wonted melody; / Which euer after they abuſd to ill, / T’allure weake trueillers, whom gotten they did kill."
— 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 31, pages 370–371:
"Injustice doth allure them; as the honour of their vertuous actions enticeth the good."
— 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 8, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
"A tender voice his wondring ear allur'd."
— 1737, R[ichard] Glover, “Book VI”, in Leonidas. A Poem., page 152:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The shop's window display had a special ____ that attracted many customers.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of the big city with its bright lights was hard for her to resist.