attraction
/əˈtɹækʃn̩/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.11 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The feeling of being attracted (to something), that is, being drawn toward it; a desire to be near or involved (in something).
Uncountable
noun
The feeling of being attracted (to something), that is, being drawn toward it; a desire to be near or involved (in something).
Countable; Uncountable
noun
An error in language production that incorrectly extends a feature from one word in a sentence to another, e.g. when a verb agrees with a noun other than its subject.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The Moon is held in its orbit by the attraction of the Earth's gravity."
- "I can't resist his attraction."
- "The new mall should be a major attraction."
- "Star Tours is a very cool Disney World attraction."
- "I kept returning there because I felt a strange attraction towards the place."
- "Our attraction to sugar makes it hard to stop eating it."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.? Latin trahō Latin attrahō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin attractiōder. Old French attractionbor. Middle English attraccioun English attraction From Middle English attraccioun, from Old French attraction, from Latin attractio from past participle of attrahō (= ad + trahō), equivalent to attract + -ion.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈtɹækʃn̩/
- British English: /əˈtɹækʃn̩/