attraction
noun
Simple meaning
An event, location, or business that has a tendency to draw interest from visitors, and in many cases, local residents.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
əˈtɹækʃən
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
The feeling of being attracted.
“I felt a strange attraction towards the place.”
The tendency to attract.
“The Moon is held in its orbit by the attraction of the Earth's gravity.”
An event, location, or business that has a tendency to draw interest from visitors, and in many cases, local residents.
“Star Tours is a very cool Disney World attraction.”
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A2 · Elementary (estimated)
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: The feeling of being attracted.
Used this way, attraction is a common word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
“I felt a strange attraction towards the place.”
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
How It’s Used
The word’s distinct uses, one example each.
Feelingnoun
“I felt a strange attraction towards the place.”
Tendencynoun
“The Moon is held in its orbit by the attraction of the Earth's gravity.”
Eventnoun
“Star Tours is a very cool Disney World attraction.”
More ways to use attraction
- “The historical building is the town's main tourist attraction.”
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Common Patterns and Combinations
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Similar Words, What’s the Difference?
Close in meaning, but not always interchangeable.
That which draws: that which attracts e.g. a crowd.
The quality of arousing interest.
The force by which one object attracts another.
Synonym of drawcard ("something that attracts patronage to a place or an event").
A characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts.
Word Family
Related forms, grouped by how they connect.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
The force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule.
A movie that is advertised to draw customers.
The force of attraction between all masses in the universe.
Attraction for iron.
A desire for sexual intimacy.
Attractiveness on the basis of sexual desire.
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