attraction

B1 · Intermediate Uncountable noun

n. a feeling that makes you like someone or want to be with them.

n. a feeling of being drawn to another person, often involving romantic or sexual interest.

“They felt a strong attraction to each other from the moment they met.”

“While they shared many intellectual interests, the lack of physical attraction eventually led them to remain just friends.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate Uncountable noun Science

n. a force that pulls things toward each other.

n. the physical force by which one object or body draws another toward it.

“The magnetic attraction was strong enough to pull the paperclip across the table.”

“The experiment demonstrates the gravitational attraction between two massive spheres in a vacuum.”

C2 · Proficiency Uncountable noun Science Technical

n. a mistake where a word changes its form to match the wrong word in a sentence.

n. a linguistic error where a word, such as a verb, incorrectly agrees with a nearby noun rather than its actual subject.

“In the sentence 'The box of chocolates are open', the plural verb is a mistake caused by attraction.”

“The researcher noted that attraction errors are more frequent when the intervening noun is semantically salient or plural.”