attraction

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

35 more languages

العربيةالانجذابانجذابجاذبيةجذب+ 1 more

Bosanskiatrakcijaатракција

Catalàatracció

Češtinaatrakcepřitažlivostzajímavost

Danskcharmetække

Ελληνικάατραξιόνέλξη

Esperantoaltiro

Suomiattraktiokohdemenomestamenopaikkanähtävyysvetovoimaviehtymys+ 4 more

Gaeilgeimtharraingt

Gàidhligtarraing

Galegoatraccióndiversión

עבריתמשיכה

हिन्दीआकर्षणकर्षणखिंचावदिलकशी+ 1 more

Hrvatskiatrakcijaатракција

Magyarvonzás

Հայերենձգողականություն

Italianoattrattivaattrazione

日本語アトラクション吸引誘引誘致魅惑+ 2 more

ქართულიმიმზიდველობა

한국어볼거리유인유치흡인력+ 1 more

Kurdîatraksiyonçelp

Кыргызчатартуу

Latinaattractioattractus

Latviešupievilcība

Te Reo Māorihōkakakuku

Nederlandsaantrekkingskracht

Polskiatrakcjaprzyciąganie

Portuguêsatração

Românăatracție

Русскийпривлека́тельность

Српскиatrakcijaатракција

Svenskaattraktiondragningsug

Türkçeatraksiyoncazibeçekimcelpcezpeğlendiri+ 3 more

Українськапривабливість

Tiếng Việtsức hút

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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