attraction.
The tendency to attract.
Meaning & usage
The tendency to attract.
The Moon is held in its orbit by the attraction of the Earth's gravity.
The tendency to attract. The state of being attractive.
I can't resist his attraction.
The tendency to attract. An event, location, or business that has a tendency to draw interest from visitors, and in many cases, local residents.
The new mall should be a major attraction.
Star Tours is a very cool Disney World attraction.
The tendency to attract. The sacrifice of pieces in order to expose the enemy king.
The feeling of being attracted (to something), that is, being drawn toward it; a desire to be near or involved (in something).
I kept returning there because I felt a strange attraction towards the place.
Our attraction to sugar makes it hard to stop eating it.
The feeling of being attracted (to something), that is, being drawn toward it; a desire to be near or involved (in something). Sexual or romantic desire (especially for a usually specified individual, kind of person, etc).
I've always had an attraction to blondes.
I don't think my husband has ever acted on any of his attractions.
An error in language production that incorrectly extends a feature from one word in a sentence to another, e.g. when a verb agrees with a noun other than its subject.
Where this word comes from
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.
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