What does "attraction" mean?

1. (a place to visit) a place or event that many people want to visit because it is interesting or fun. 2. (romantic or personal appeal) a feeling that makes you like someone or want to be with them. 3. (physical force) a force that pulls things toward each other. 4. (grammatical error) a mistake where a word changes its form to match the wrong word in a sentence.

How do you use "attraction"?

Often occurs when a plural noun sits between a singular subject and the verb.

attraction

US //əˈtɹækʃən// UK //ɐtɹˈækʃən// at·trac·tion

1 a place to visit (n.)
B1 Intermediate

a place or event that many people want to visit because it is interesting or fun.

a location, event, or facility that draws interest from tourists or residents.

Example

The Eiffel Tower is the most famous tourist attraction in Paris.

Example

The city council invested heavily in the waterfront redevelopment, hoping to create a major cultural attraction that would revitalise the local economy.
2 romantic or personal appeal (n.)
B1 Intermediate

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

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

Example

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

Example

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

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3 physical force (n.)
B2 Upper Intermediate Science

a force that pulls things toward each other.

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

Example

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

Example

The experiment demonstrates the gravitational attraction between two massive spheres in a vacuum.
- repulsion
4 grammatical error (n.)
C2 Proficiency Technical Science

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

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

Example

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

Example

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

Usage

Often occurs when a plural noun sits between a singular subject and the verb.
- agreement error

Origin

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 *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō 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.