Meaning of attraction | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The tendency to attract.
   countable, uncountable
2. The tendency to attract
3. The feeling of being attracted (to something).
   countable, uncountable
4. The feeling of being attracted (to something)
5. Sexual or romantic desire (especially for a specified individual, kind of person, etc).
   countable, uncountable
6. Sexual or romantic desire (especially for a specified individual, kind of person, etc)
7. An event, location, or business that has a tendency to draw interest from visitors, and in many cases, local residents.
   countable
8. An event, location, or business that has a tendency to draw interest from visitors, and in many cases, local residents
9. The sacrifice of pieces in order to expose the enemy king.
   countable, uncountable
10. The sacrifice of pieces in order to expose the enemy king
11. 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.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The Moon is held in its orbit by the attraction of the Earth's gravity.”

“I felt a strange attraction towards the place.”

“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.”

“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 […]”

“"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."”

“The new mall should be a major attraction.”

“Star Tours is a very cool Disney World attraction.”

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