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attraction meaning

EN[əˈtɹækʃən] [əˈtɹækʃ(ɪ̈)n] [əˈt͡ʃɹækʃ(ɪ̈)n] [-ækʃən]
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WAttraction
  • Attraction may refer to:
  • Attraction (emotion) or attractiveness
  • Attraction (grammar), the process by which a relative pronoun takes on the case of its antecedent
  • Attraction (horse) (foaled 2001)
  • Attraction (shadow theatre group)
  • The Attractions, a backing band for Elvis Costello
  • Interpersonal attraction, the attraction between people which leads to friendships and romantic relationships
  • Physical attractiveness, attraction on the basis of beauty
  • Sexual attraction, attraction on the basis of sexual desire
  • Tourist attraction, a place of interest where tourists visit
FR attraction

    Definition of attraction in English Dictionary

  • NounPLattractionsSUF-tion
    1. The tendency to attract.
      1. The Moon is held in its orbit by the attraction of the Earth's gravity. ‎
    2. The feeling of being attracted.
      1. 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.
    3. (countable) An event or location that has a tendency to attract visitors.
      1. The new mall should be a major attraction. ‎
    4. (chess) The sacrifice of pieces in order to expose the enemy king.
    5. More Examples
      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • The law of attraction is really obedience. When you think of the things that you want, and you focus on them with all of your intention, the law of attraction will give you what you want, every time.
        • The Archgrounds are a major attraction in St. Louis.
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Morphemes
        • Suffixes
          • Words by suffix
            • Words suffixed with -tion
        • Nouns
          • Countable nouns
            • Singularia tantum
              • Uncountable nouns
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          1. fr attraction
          2. en attractions
          3. fr attractions
          4. en attractional
          Source: Wiktionary

          Meaning of attraction for the defined word.

          Grammatically, this word "attraction" is a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum.
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