Attention

//əˈtɛn.ʃn̩//

Synonyms for "attention" (156 found)

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Related words (78)

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12 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Synonyms

20 entries

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Related terms

5 entries

dbpedia genre

2 entries

derived

35 entries

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distinct from

1 entries

has context

1 entries

has property

3 entries

instance of

1 entries

is a

8 entries

receives action

4 entries

related to

12 entries

Translations

240 translations across 82 languages.

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Albanian

4 entries
  • Gatitu intj (military command)
  • re noun (mental focus)
  • reja noun (mental focus)
  • vëmendje noun (mental focus)

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • μελέτη noun (mental focus)
  • προσοχή noun (mental focus)
  • φροντίς noun (mental focus)

Arabic

3 entries
  • اِنْتِبَاه noun (mental focus)
  • اِهْتِمَام noun (mental focus)
  • تَوَجُّه noun (mental focus)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ուշադրություն noun (mental focus)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • diqqət noun (mental focus)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • иғтибар noun (mental focus)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • ува́га noun (mental focus)
  • ўва́га noun (mental focus)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • внима́ние noun (mental focus)
  • внима́ние noun (state of alertness in the standing position)
  • уха́жване noun (romantic interest)

Campidanese Sardinian

2 entries
  • attentzione noun (mental focus)
  • isméru noun (mental focus)

Catalan

1 entries
  • atenció noun (state of alertness in the standing position)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • ئاگاداری noun (mental focus)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 注意 noun (mental focus)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 立正 intj (military command)
  • 殷勤 noun (romantic interest)
  • 注意 noun (mental focus)
  • 立正 noun (state of alertness in the standing position)

Czech

3 entries
  • pozor intj (military command)
  • pozor noun (state of alertness in the standing position)
  • pozornost noun (mental focus)

Danish

4 entries
  • giv agt intj (military command)
  • bevågenhed noun (mental focus)
  • opmærksomhed noun (mental focus)
  • opmærksomhed noun (romantic interest)

Dari

2 entries
  • تَوَجُّهْ noun (mental focus)
  • دِقَّت noun (mental focus)

Dutch

4 entries
  • geef acht intj (military command)
  • aandacht noun (mental focus)
  • aandachtigheid noun (mental focus)
  • attentie noun (mental focus)

Dutch Low Saxon

1 entries
  • achtenis noun (state of alertness in the standing position)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • atento noun (mental focus)

Estonian

1 entries
  • tähelepanu noun (mental focus)

Farefare

1 entries
  • guusgo noun (mental focus)

Finnish

4 entries
  • asento intj (military command)
  • huomio intj (call for people to pay special heed)
  • sento intj (military command)
  • tseno intj (military command)

French

4 entries
  • garde à vous intj (military command)
  • attention noun (mental focus)
  • attention noun (romantic interest)
  • attention noun (state of alertness in the standing position)

Galician

2 entries
  • atención noun (mental focus)
  • atención noun (romantic interest)

Gallurese

3 entries
  • afficcu noun (mental focus)
  • appéntu noun (mental focus)
  • isméru noun (mental focus)

Georgian

2 entries
  • გულისყური noun (mental focus)
  • ყურადღება noun (mental focus)

German

4 entries
  • Achtung intj (military command)
  • Achtung intj (call for people to pay special heed)
  • Aufgepasst intj (call for people to pay special heed)
  • Vorsicht intj (call for people to pay special heed)

Greek

4 entries
  • περιποίηση noun (romantic interest)
  • προσοχή noun (mental focus)
  • προσοχή noun (state of alertness in the standing position)
  • φροντίδα noun (romantic interest)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • atansyon noun (mental focus)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • הקשב intj (military command)
  • זהירות intj (call for people to pay special heed)
  • הקשב noun (state of alertness in the standing position)
  • קשב noun (mental focus)

Hindi

3 entries
  • आकर्षण noun (romantic interest)
  • ध्यान noun (mental focus)
  • सावधान noun (state of alertness in the standing position)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • hapták intj (military command)
  • vigyázz intj (military command)
  • (in the phrase "vigyázzban áll") vigyázz noun (state of alertness in the standing position)
  • figyelem noun (mental focus)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • athygli noun (mental focus)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • siap intj (military command)

Iranian Persian

3 entries
  • تَوَجُّهْ noun (mental focus)
  • خَبَرْدار noun (state of alertness in the standing position)
  • دِقَّت noun (mental focus)

Irish

1 entries
  • aoidh noun (mental focus)

Italian

4 entries
  • attenti intj (military command)
  • allerta noun (state of alertness in the standing position)
  • attenti noun (state of alertness in the standing position)
  • attenzione noun (mental focus)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 気を付け intj (military command)
  • 気を付け noun (state of alertness in the standing position)
  • 注意 noun (mental focus)
  • 注目 noun (mental focus)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • зейін noun (mental focus)
  • назар noun (mental focus)

Korean

3 entries
  • 주의 intj (military command)
  • 주목 noun (mental focus)
  • 주의 noun (mental focus)

Kyrgyz

4 entries
  • дит noun (mental focus)
  • дыкат noun (mental focus)
  • кунт noun (mental focus)
  • көңүл noun (mental focus)

Latin

1 entries
  • attentiō noun (mental focus)

Latvian

2 entries
  • uzmanību intj (call for people to pay special heed)
  • uzmanība noun (mental focus)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • dėmesys noun (mental focus)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • внима́ние intj (military command)
  • внима́ние intj (call for people to pay special heed)
  • внима́ние noun (mental focus)
  • внима́ние noun (state of alertness in the standing position)

Malay

1 entries
  • sedia intj (military command)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ശ്രദ്ധ noun (mental focus)

Maltese

1 entries
  • attenzjoni noun (mental focus)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • анхаарал noun (mental focus)

Māori

3 entries
  • paiahahā intj (call for people to pay special heed)
  • matika noun (state of alertness in the standing position)
  • whakamatika noun (state of alertness in the standing position)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • akt noun (mental focus)
  • akt noun (state of alertness in the standing position)
  • oppmerksomhet noun (mental focus)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • merksemd noun (mental focus)
  • åtgaum noun (mental focus)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • بال noun (romantic interest)
  • دقت noun (romantic interest)

Pannonian Rusyn

4 entries
  • меркованє noun (mental focus)
  • повага noun (mental focus)
  • позорносц noun (mental focus)
  • увага noun (mental focus)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • Acht (nds) noun (mental focus)
  • Achtunk noun (mental focus)

Polish

4 entries
  • baczność intj (military command)
  • uwaga intj (call for people to pay special heed)
  • atencja noun (romantic interest)
  • baczność noun (state of alertness in the standing position)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • atenção noun (mental focus)
  • atenção noun (romantic interest)
  • sentido noun (state of alertness in the standing position)

Romanian

4 entries
  • atenție! intj (call for people to pay special heed)
  • atenție noun (mental focus)
  • atenție noun (romantic interest)
  • drepți (poziție de drepți) noun (state of alertness in the standing position)

Russian

4 entries
  • внима́ние intj (call for people to pay special heed)
  • сми́рно intj (military command)
  • внима́ние noun (mental focus)
  • внима́ние noun (romantic interest)

Sardinian

4 entries
  • appéntu noun (mental focus)
  • attentzione noun (mental focus)
  • coidadu noun (mental focus)
  • isméru noun (mental focus)

Sassarese

2 entries
  • appéntu noun (mental focus)
  • attintzione noun (mental focus)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • aire noun (mental focus)
  • suim noun (mental focus)
  • èisteachd noun (mental focus)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • pozórnōst noun (mental focus)
  • pozórnōst noun (state of alertness in the standing position)
  • pàžnja noun (mental focus)
  • па̀жња noun (mental focus)

Slovak

1 entries
  • pozornosť noun (mental focus)

Slovene

3 entries
  • pozor noun (state of alertness in the standing position)
  • pozornost noun (mental focus)
  • pozornost noun (romantic interest)

Spanish

3 entries
  • atención intj (military command)
  • atención noun (mental focus)
  • atención noun (romantic interest)

Swedish

4 entries
  • giv akt intj (military command)
  • givakt intj (military command)
  • hör upp intj (call for people to pay special heed)
  • lystring intj (call for people to pay special heed)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • humanda intj (military command)
  • manda intj (military command)
  • lingil noun (mental focus)

Tajik

2 entries
  • диққат noun (mental focus)
  • таваҷҷӯҳ noun (mental focus)

Tamil

2 entries
  • கவனம் noun (mental focus)
  • நாட்டம் noun (mental focus)

Tatar

1 entries
  • игътибар noun (mental focus)

Thai

4 entries
  • แถวตรง intj (military command)
  • การเอาใจใส่ noun (mental focus)
  • ความสนใจ noun (mental focus)
  • แถวตรง noun (state of alertness in the standing position)

Turkish

3 entries
  • dikkat noun (mental focus)
  • tetik noun (mental focus)
  • özen noun (mental focus)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • увага intj (call for people to pay special heed)
  • ува́га noun (mental focus)

Urdu

3 entries
  • تَوَجُّہ noun (mental focus)
  • تَوَجُّہْ noun (mental focus)
  • دِھیان noun (mental focus)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • دىققەت noun (mental focus)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • diqqat noun (mental focus)
  • eʼtibor noun (mental focus)
  • tavajjuh noun (mental focus)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • chú ý noun (mental focus)

Welsh

1 entries
  • ystyriaeth noun (mental focus)

West-Frisian

2 entries
  • attinsje noun (mental focus)
  • oandacht noun (mental focus)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • אויפֿמערקזאַמקייט noun (mental focus)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • diqet intj (military command)

Sample sentences

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You must pay attention to his advice.

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You should pay more attention to what he says.

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You must pay attention to him.

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You should pay more attention to his warnings.

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