attention

attention - English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /əˈtɛn.ʃən/

Noun

attention (countable and uncountable, plural attentions)

  1. (uncountable) Mental focus.
    • Synonyms: heed, notice; see also attention
    • Please direct your attention to the following words.
  2. (countable) An action or remark expressing concern for or interest in someone or something, especially romantic interest.
  3. (uncountable, military) A state of alertness in the standing position.
    • The company will now come to attention.
  4. (uncountable, machine learning) A technique in neural networks that mimics cognitive attention, enhancing the important parts of the input data while giving less priority to the rest.

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Interjection

attention

  1. (military) Used as a command to bring soldiers to the attention position.
  2. A call for people to be quiet/stop doing what they are presently doing and pay heed to what they are to be told or shown.

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attention - French

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /a.tɑ̃.sjɔ̃/

Noun

attention f (uncountable)

  1. attention (mental focus)
  2. vigilance
  3. attention (concern for)
  4. attention (interest in)
  5. consideration, thoughtfulness

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Interjection

attention !

  1. look out! watch out! careful!

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Meaning and Definition of attention
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