attraction
- 01 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.
Simple“The Eiffel Tower is the most famous tourist attraction in Paris.”
In context“The city council invested heavily in the waterfront redevelopment, hoping to create a major cultural attraction that would revitalise the local economy.”
- 02 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.
Simple“They felt a strong attraction to each other from the moment they met.”
In context“While they shared many intellectual interests, the lack of physical attraction eventually led them to remain just friends.”
SynonymsAntonymsrepulsiondislike - 03 B2 Upper Intermediate
a force that pulls things toward each other.
the physical force by which one object or body draws another toward it.
Simple“The magnetic attraction was strong enough to pull the paperclip across the table.”
In context“The experiment demonstrates the gravitational attraction between two massive spheres in a vacuum.”
- 04 C2 Proficiency
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.
Simple“In the sentence 'The box of chocolates are open', the plural verb is a mistake caused by attraction.”
In context“The researcher noted that attraction errors are more frequent when the intervening noun is semantically salient or plural.”
UsageOften occurs when a plural noun sits between a singular subject and the verb.
Synonymsagreement error
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.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.