attention
noun [U] (WAY OF STANDING) /əˈten.ʃən/Definition
› (especially in the armed forces) a way of standing, with the feet together, arms by your sides, head up, and shoulders back, and not moving: soldiers standing at/to attentionMilitary training and ceremoniesSitting and standing
(Definition of attention noun (WAY OF STANDING) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- assault course noun
- civil defence noun
- drill noun (REGULAR ACTIVITY)
- drill verb (PRACTISE)
- ease noun
- fall in phrasal verb (SOLDIERS)
- fatigue noun (ARMY)
- garrison verb
- guard noun (PERSON WHO PROTECTS)
- manoeuvre noun (MILITARY OPERATION)
- march verb (WALK)
- national service noun
- pass out phrasal verb (LEAVE COLLEGE)
- recon noun
- reconnaissance noun
- review verb (MILITARY)
- route march noun
- take the salute idiom
- tattoo noun (MILITARY SHOW)
- the trooping of the colour idiom
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