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attention (s) (noun), attentions (pl)
1. The act of keeping one’s mind on something or the ability to be aware of or to be interested in; mental concentration; mental readiness for such concentration.
2. Special care or consideration to something or someone.
This entry is located in the following units: tend-, tendo-, ten-, teno-, tenot-, tenonto-, tens-, tent-, -tend, -tension, -tent, -tense, -tensive, -tentious (page 1) -tion (page 3)
Word Entries containing the term: “attentions”
deterioration of attention (s) (noun), deterioration of attentions (pl)
Impairment of the ability to maintain one's level of concentration despite an apparent desire to do so and a lack of competing thoughts that explain ordinary inattentiveness: The patient in the nursing home appeared to be suffering from a deterioration of attention which was revealed when she would struggle to concentrate and was unable to do it.
This entry is located in the following units: -ation, -ization (-iz[e] + -ation); -isation (British spelling variation) (page 28) deterior-, deteriorat- (page 1)