Attraction Meaning
/əˈtɹækʃn̩/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe tendency to attract.
nounThe tendency to attract., The state of being attractive.
Sentence Examples
I feel a strong attraction to the music of Beethoven.
Do you feel any attraction for this book?
Buckingham Palace is a major tourist attraction.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The main ____ at the fair was the giant Ferris wheel.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The historical museum is a major ____ for tourists in the city.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.? Latin trahō Latin attrahō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin attractiōder. Old French attractionbor. Middle English attraccioun English attraction From Middle English attraccioun, from Old French attraction, from Latin attractio from past participle of attrahō (= ad + trahō), equivalent to attract + -ion.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. And the queerer the cure for those ailings the bigger the attraction. A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies."
— 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
"Murphy struggled with his attraction to men while remaining happily married all his life, daily negotiating the challenges of living in two locations simultaneously. These doublings of desire and emotional attachment left their trace in the multiple doublings within […] the billboard painting he made to signpost the home he created with his wife Sara […]"
— 2015 January 23, John Davis, Jennifer A. Greenhill, Jason D. LaFountain, A Companion to American Art, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 255:
""I'm asexual," Yazhiisai said, the words spilling out faster than she intended. "I don't experience attraction the way most people do. I'm telling you this because I don't want there to be any surprises.""
— 2024 October 20, Kate, A Love Unspoken, DeepMisti Publication, →ISBN, page 98:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The main ____ at the fair was the giant Ferris wheel.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The historical museum is a major ____ for tourists in the city.