Significado de attention em inglês

attention

noun [ U ]

/əˈten.ʃən/ us

/əˈten.ʃən/

attention noun [U] (NOTICE)

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notice, thought, or interest:

Ladies and gentlemen, could I have your attention, please?

They're organizing a campaign to draw people's attention to the environmentally harmful effects of using their cars.

Wait a moment and I'll give you my full/undivided attention (= I'll listen to and think about only you).

After an hour, my attention started to wander (= I stopped taking notice).

get/attract/catch someone's attention

to make someone notice you:

I knocked on the window to get her attention.

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pay attention (to something/someone)

to watch, listen to, or think about something or someone carefully or with interest:

If you don't pay attention now, you'll get it all wrong later.

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the centre of attention

the thing or person that a lot of people notice:

He likes telling jokes and being the centre of attention at parties.

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attentions [ plural ]

interest, often sexual interest, that someone directs towards a particular person or thing:

She attracted the attentions of a variety of suitors.

He was flattered by her attentions, but did not take them seriously.

I suffered the unwanted attentions of bullies.

turn your attention to something/someone (also turn your attentions to something/someone)

to start to think about or consider a particular thing or person:

Many countries are starting to turn their attention to new forms of energy.

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The war has diverted attention away from the country's economic problems.
Please excuse me from the rest of the meeting - I've just received a phone call that requires my immediate attention.
He neglects that poor dog - he never takes him for walks or gives him any attention.
I prodded her in the back to get her attention.
Pay attention to what she's saying because she won't explain it a second time.

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Thinking and contemplating

Excitement, interest, energy and enthusiasm

attention noun [U] (CARE)

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special care or treatment:

The paintwork will need a little attention.

If symptoms persist, seek medical attention.

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attention noun [U] (WAY OF STANDING)

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(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 attention

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Sitting and standing

attention

exclamation

/əˈten.ʃən/ us

/əˈten.ʃən/

military specialized

in the armed forces, an instruction to stand to attention (= not moving, with your feet together, arms by your sides, head up, and shoulders back):

The command comes: "Attention!" The men fire their rifles. The flag is folded.

an instruction for people to listen or look carefully because they need to know something important:

Attention please! Luggage must not be left unattended!

There was a sign at the ticket desk: "Attention! Visitors are informed that there is video surveillance in the building."

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(Definição de attention do Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

attention | Dicionário Americano

attention

noun [ U ]

/əˈten·ʃən/

attention noun [U] (NOTICE)

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the act of directing the mind to listen, see, or understand; notice:

In order to learn anything, you have to pay attention.

It’s hard to command the attention of 23 eight-year-olds.

Let me finish this, then I’ll give you my undivided attention.

attention noun [U] (CARE)

time or effort that you are willing to give to help someone or something because you care about that person or thing:

It’s an old house, and it needs a lot of attention.

attention

exclamation, noun [ U ]

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attention exclamation, noun [U] (WAY OF STANDING)

(in the armed forces) an order to stand straight and not move, with your feet together, arms by your sides, and head facing to the front, or this way of standing:

Each cadet stood at attention for inspection.

(Definição de attention do Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

attention | inglês para Negócios

attention

noun

/əˈtenʃən/ us

for the attention of sb ( written abbreviation FAO); ( written abbreviation attn)

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written on an envelope or at the top of a letter to show who should read it:

Letters should be marked for the attention of Jane Mills.

(Definição de attention do Dicionário Cambridge de inglês para Negócios © Cambridge University Press)

Exemplos de attention

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The 28 color photographs add to the explanations in the text, and the numerous diagrams and geologic maps, all in colour, deserve much attention.

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To this end it is disappointing that the book has paid only scant attention to the psychological processes in the disorder.

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The concept of value orientations has received much attention in sociological and psychological literature over the past forty years.

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More recently however, increasing attention has been paid to the psychological aspects of space.

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One possibility is that the capacity of focal attention differs for simultaneously available elements arrayed in space, and for representations encountered over time.

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The persistence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder into young adulthood as a function of reporting source and definition of disorder.

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A closely related proposal, to which we will not give separate attention, is that the two types of interests are not lexically ranked but incommensurable.

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Future research should pay particular attention to the disruption of values, roles and social relationships.

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The best way to elicit a schwa is to direct attention away from it and on to the stressed syllable of the word.

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In order to avoid some technical details, for the hypergraph case we restrict our attention to the lower bound only.

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Special attention should be given to the checking of tables, mathematical formulae and figures.

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This is of no theoretical interest and could be cured, for instance, by adding a warning feature drawing attention to skipped words.

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Why we need to do these things is a question to which, sadly, they devote little attention.

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This paper examines reactive focus on for m as a way of focusing students' attention on their own output.

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Some students might benefit from explicit attention to the analogical relationships of the literal to the metaphorical elements.

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adequate attention

Neither approach paid adequate attention to the real problems in the path of regionalism.

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calling attention to

Calling attention to the 'strength of the weak' in international relations has become virtually a cliche.

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careful attention

Finally, there was careful attention to documentation.

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