- attention
- noun1 act of watching/listening/showing interestADJECTIVE▪ full, rapt, undivided▪
They listened with rapt attention.
▪ careful, close, meticulous, scrupulous, serious▪ insufficient, little, scant▪Policy-makers paid scant attention to the wider issues.
▪ urgent▪ considerable▪The issue of climate change has received considerable attention in recent times.
▪ extra, particular, special▪Please pay extra attention to what I'm about to tell you.
▪ constant, sustained▪She attracts constant media attention.
▪ unwanted, unwelcome▪ undue▪ international, national, worldwide▪ critical, media, public, scholarly▪His music deserves more scholarly attention.
VERB + ATTENTION▪ devote, direct, give (sb/sth), pay▪How many times do I have to ask you to pay attention?
▪ gain, garner (esp. AmE), get, have, receive▪Can I have your attention, please?
▪These poems have received a lot of critical attention.
▪ attract, call, capture, catch, command, compel, demand, draw, grab▪I tried to attract the waiter's attention.
▪Wherever he goes, he commands attention.
▪She doesn't like to draw attention to her illness.
▪ deflect, distract, divert, draw▪The government is trying to divert attention away from the economy.
▪ hold, keep, rivet▪There was something in the way he spoke that riveted her attention.
▪ concentrate, confine, focus▪In this chapter we confine our attention to non-renewable energy sources.
▪ refocus, shift, transfer, turn▪The company decided to refocus its attention back onto its traditional strengths and expertise.
▪He then turned his attention to the report.
▪ deserve, merit, need, require, warrant▪a matter requiring urgent attention
▪ compete for, jostle for, vie for▪dozens of concerns jostling for your attention
▪She was surrounded by men all vying for her attention.
▪ repay▪an interesting essay that repays close attention
▪ bring sth to▪My boss was grateful that I had brought the matter to her attention.
▪ come to▪ avoid, escape▪Her primary aim was to avoid the attentions of the newspapers.
ATTENTION + VERB▪ focus▪Media attention focused today on the prince's business affairs.
▪ shift, turn▪Attention has now shifted to the presidential elections.
▪ drift, drift off, wander▪I felt my attention wandering during the lecture.
ATTENTION + NOUN▪ spanPREPOSITION▪ for sb's attention▪a letter for the attention of your doctor
PHRASES▪ attention to detail▪He is a designer known for his meticulous attention to detail.
▪ care and attention▪It 's clear that a great deal of care and attention was put into the movie sets.
▪He was convicted of driving without due care and attention. (BrE, law)
▪ the centre/center of attention▪Some children love being the centre/center of attention.
▪ the focus of attention▪The focus of attention must now be how to improve the economy.
▪ force your attentions on sb▪A man like Luke had no need to force his attentions on unwilling women.
▪ not pay much attention to sth, pay little attention to sth, pay no attention to sth (= not take something very seriously)▪Pay no attention to what Bill said—he's a liar!
2 careADJECTIVE▪ constant▪ individual, personal, special▪The child needs special attention.
▪ immediate▪His injuries required immediate attention.
▪ medicalVERB + ATTENTION▪ devote, give, lavish▪He devoted all his attention to his mother.
▪She lavishes attention on those silly little dogs.
▪ be in need of, demand, need, require, want▪a patient requiring attention
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
