attraction

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French attraction, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin attractio from past participle of attrahō (= ad + trahō), equivalent to attract +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈtɹækʃən/, [əˈtɹækʃ(ɪ̈)n], [əˈt͡ʃɹækʃ(ɪ̈)n]

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ækʃən

Noun

attraction (countable and uncountable, plural attractions)

1. The tendency to attract.

   The Moon is held in its orbit by the attraction of the Earth's gravity.

2. The feeling of being attracted.
   • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 5, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:

     When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. And the queerer the cure for those ailings the bigger the attraction. A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies.

   I felt a strange attraction towards the place.

3. (countable) An event, location, or business that has a tendency to draw interest from visitors, and in many cases, local residents.

   The new mall should be a major attraction.

   Star Tours is a very cool Disney World attraction.

4. (chess) The sacrifice of pieces in order to expose the enemy king.

Synonyms

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• charm
• pull

Antonyms

• repulsion

Translations

tendency to attract

• Albanian: tërheqje (sq)
• Bulgarian: привличане (privličane), притегляне (pritegljane)
• Catalan: atracció (ca) f
• Cebuano: atraksyon
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吸引力 (zh) (xiyǐnlì)

• Czech: přitažlivost f
• Dutch: aantrekkingskracht (nl) f
• Esperanto: altiro
• Finnish: vetovoima (fi)
• French: attraction (fr) f
• Georgian: მიმზიდველობა (mimzidveloba)
• German: Anziehung (de) f, Anziehungskraft (de) f, Reiz (de) m, Liebreiz (de) m
• Greek: έλξη (el) f (élxi)
• Hebrew: משיכה f (meshikha)
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• Hungarian: vonzás (hu)
• Interlingue: ,
• Irish: imtharraingt (ga) f
• Italian: attrazione (it) f, attrattiva (it) f
• Kyrgyz: тартуу (ky) (tartuu), жагымдуулук (ky) (jagımduuluk), өзүнө тарткычтык (ky) (özünö tartkıctık), кызыктыргычтык (ky) (kızıktırgıctık), жылуулук (ky) (jıluuluk), аттракцион (ky) (attraktsion), тартыш (ky) (tartış), сонундук (ky) (sonunduk), татынакайлык (ky) (tatınakaylık), жакшынакайлык (jakşınakaylık), татканткыч жем (ky) (tatkantkıc jem)
• Polish: przyciąganie (pl) n
• Portuguese: atração (pt) f
• Romanian: atracție (ro) f
• Russian: привлека́тельность (ru) f (privlekátelʹnostʹ)
• Slovene: privlačnost f
• Spanish: atracción (es) f
• Tagalog: higom

feeling of being attracted

• Albanian: atraksion (sq), joshje (sq)
• Bulgarian: привлекателност (bg) (privlekatelnost)
• Catalan: atracció (ca) f
• Cebuano: atraksyon
• Dutch: aantrekkingskracht (nl) f
• Finnish: viehätys (fi), veto (fi)
• French: attirance (fr) f
• Georgian: მიზიდულობა (miziduloba)
• Greek: έλξη (el) f (élxi)
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• Hebrew: משיכה f (meshikha)
• Hungarian: vonzalom (hu)
• Italian: attrazione (it) f
• Polish: przywiązanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: atração (pt) f
• Romanian: atragere (ro) f, atracție (ro) f
• Russian: влече́ние (ru) n (vlečénije)
• Ukrainian: по́тяг (uk) m (pótjah)

something which attracts

• Albanian: tërheqje (sq)
• Bulgarian: атракцион (atrakcion)
• Cebuano: atraksyon
• Danish: seværdighed c, turistattraktion c
• Dutch: attractie (nl) f, trekpleister (nl) m
• Finnish: vetonumero, vetonaula, nähtävyys (fi), vetovoimatekijä (fi)
• Georgian: მიმზიდველი (mimzidveli)
• German: Attraktion (de) f
• Greek: θέλγητρο (el) n (thélgitro), δέλεαρ (el) n (délear), πόλος έλξης m (pólos élxis)
• Hebrew: אטרקציה f (at'raqtzia)
• Hungarian: látnivaló (hu)
• Italian: attrazione (it) f
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• Latin: illecebra f
• Maori: manawareka
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: (for tourists) severdighet (no) m or f, turistattraksjon m

• Polish: atrakcja (pl) f
• Portuguese: atração (pt) f
• Romanian: atracție (ro) f
• Russian: (as in an amusement park) аттракцио́н (ru) m (attrakción)
• Slovene: atrakcija f
• Telugu: ఆకర్షణ (te) (ākarṣaṇa)

• Irish: ^{(please verify)} caithis f
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Anagrams

• tractation

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Pronunciation

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Noun

attraction f (plural attractions)

1. attraction (all senses)