attraction

at·trac·tion  (-trkshn)

n.

1. The act or capability of attracting.

2. The quality of attracting; charm.

3.

a. A feature or characteristic that attracts.

b. A person, place, thing, or event that is intended to attract: The main attraction was a Charlie Chaplin film.

4.

a. The electric or magnetic force exerted by oppositely charged particles, tending to draw or hold the particles together.

b. The gravitational force exerted by one body on another.

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attraction [əˈtrækʃən]

n

1. the act, power, or quality of attracting

2. a person or thing that attracts or is intended to attract

3. (Physics / General Physics) a force by which one object attracts another, such as the gravitational or electrostatic force

4. (Linguistics) a change in the form of one linguistic element caused by the proximity of another element

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Attraction 

1. Absorbing as a love affair —Elyse Sommer
2. (A charismatic man) attracting young men to himself like filings to a magnet —Linda West Eckhardt
3. Come at him [girls to a boy] like ducks to popcorn —Max Apple
4. Drawn to as children to amusement parks —Anon
5. Drawn to as bathers to seashore —Anon
6. Drawn to as readers to a library —Anon
7. Drawn to us warily but helplessly, like a starved deer —Louise Erdrich
8. Drew … like pipers charming rats —Lynne Sharon Schwartz In her novel, Disturbances in the Field, Schwartz alludes to ideas that are attractive to the heroine and her college friends.
9. Drew (many confidences …) as unintentionally as a magnet draws steel filings —Vita Sackville-West
10. Enchanted … like a meadow full of four-leaf clovers —Mary McCarthy
11. Fascinated like sick people are fascinated by anything … any scrap of news about their own case —James Thurber
12. Fascinating and fantastic as toys in a shop window to a little poor boy in the street —Isak Dinesen
13. Fascinating as a burning fuse —William McGivern, about fellow writer Michael Gilbert’s espionage novel, Overdrive.

    Whenever a simile is used to praise a book, it is invariably highlighted on the book jacket or in ads, as this one was.

14. (The salesgirls) fell on me like pigeons on breadcrumbs —Judith Rascoe
15. Had drawn her to him like a flower to the sun —John Le Carré
16. (The warm sweet center of her) had taken hold of him like a hand —John Yount
17. Held her mesmerized like a snake —Julia O’Faolain
18. He moves to you like a stable hand to a new horse —Allan Miller

    This comes from Miller’s dramatization of D. H. Lawrence’s short novel, The Fox. It did not appear in the Lawrence text.

19. Irresistible [thoughts] as intruders who force their way into your house —Dan Wakefield
20. Like children taking peeps at pantry shelves, we think we’re tempted when we tempt ourselves —Arthur Guiterman
21. Men just love to buzz around me like there was a sweet smell coming from me —Pat Conroy
22. Mesmerizing as a flickering neon sign —Anon
23. (Kept watching because) something about her stayed with me. Like a cold matzo ball —Nat Hentoff
24. Take to the way a hypochondriac takes to a bed —Lorrie Moore
25. Temptation leapt on him like the stab of a knife —Edith Wharton
26. Temptations, like misfortunes, are sent to test our moral strength —Marguerite de Valois
27. Took to as an ant to a picnic —Harry Prince
28. Took to it . like a retriever to water-ducks —Ouida
29. Was drawn to … as if by strong cords —Aharon Appelfeld

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	attraction - the force by which one object attracts another attractive force affinity - (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody bond, chemical bond - an electrical force linking atoms force - (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity; "force equals mass times acceleration" gravitation, gravitational attraction, gravitational force, gravity - (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface; "the more remote the body the less the gravity"; "the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them"; "gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love"--Albert Einstein magnetic attraction, magnetic force, magnetism - attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force van der Waal's forces - relatively weak attraction between neutral atoms and molecules arising from polarization induced in each particle by the presence of other particles repulsion, repulsive force - the force by which bodies repel one another
	2.	attraction - an entertainment that is offered to the public travelog, travelogue - a film or illustrated lecture on traveling counterattraction - a rival attraction show - a social event involving a public performance or entertainment; "they wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway"
	3.	attraction - the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts; "her personality held a strange attraction for him" attractiveness affinity - a natural attraction or feeling of kinship; "an affinity for politics"; "the mysterious affinity between them"; "James's affinity with Sam" allure, temptingness, allurement - the power to entice or attract through personal charm binding - the capacity to attract and hold something drawing power - the capacity for attracting people (customers or supporters) fascination - the capacity to attract intense interest; "he held the children spellbound with magic tricks and other fascinations" lure, come-on, enticement - qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward sexual attraction - attractiveness on the basis of sexual desire show-stopper, showstopper - something that is strikingly attractive or has great popular appeal; "she has a show-stopper of a smile"; "the brilliant orange flowers against the green foliage were a showstopper" quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
	4.	attraction - a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts; "flowers are an attractor for bees" attractive feature, magnet, attracter, attractor characteristic, feature - a prominent attribute or aspect of something; "the map showed roads and other features"; "generosity is one of his best characteristics" attention - a general interest that leads people to want to know more; "She was the center of attention" tourist attraction - a characteristic that attracts tourists
	5.	attraction - an entertainer who attracts large audiences; "he was the biggest drawing card they had" attracter, attractor, drawing card, draw entertainer - a person who tries to please or amuse

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attraction

noun

1. appeal, interest, draw, pull (informal), come-on (informal), charm, incentive, invitation, lure, bait, temptation, fascination, attractiveness, allure, inducement, magnetism, enchantment, endearment, enticement, captivation, temptingness, pleasingness It was never a physical attraction, just a meeting of minds.

2. pull, draw, magnetism the gravitational attraction of the Sun

3. entertainment, feature, delight, distraction, amusement, diversion, honeypot The walled city is an important tourist attraction

Translations

attraction [əˈtrækʃən] N

1. (between people, also Phys) → atracción f
sexual attraction → atracción f sexual
I felt an instant attraction towards him → inmediatamente me sentí atraída por él

2. (= attractive feature) → encanto m, atractivo m; (= inducement) → aliciente m
city life has no attraction for me → para mí la vida en la ciudad no tiene ningún encanto or atractivo, no me atrae la vida en or de la ciudad
one of the attractions of the quiet life → uno de los encantos or atractivos de la vida retirada
one of the attractions was a free car → uno de los alicientes era un coche gratis
the attraction of the plan is that → el atractivo del plan está en que ..., lo atractivo del plan es que ...
spring attractions in Madrid → las diversiones de la primavera madrileña
the main attraction at the party was Cindy → el interés de la fiesta se cifraba en Cindy
the film has the special attraction of featuring Nicola Kidd → la película tiene la atracción especial de presentar a Nicola Kidd

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attraction [əˈtrækʃ^ən] n

(= pleasant feature) → attraction f, attrait m
The attraction of the house lay in its simplicity → L'attrait de la maison résidait dans sa simplicité.
a tourist attraction → une attraction touristique

(towards sb, sth) → attirance f
the physical attraction between them → l'attirance physique qu'ils éprouvaient l'un pour l'autre

(PHYSICS) → attraction f

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attraction

n

(Phys, fig) → Anziehungskraft f; (esp of big city etc) → Reiz m; to lose one’s/its attraction → seinen Reiz verlieren; I still feel a certain attraction toward(s) him → ich fühle mich noch immer von ihm angezogen; to have an attraction for somebody → Anziehungskraft or einen Reiz auf jdn ausüben; what are the attractions of this subject? → was ist an diesem Fach reizvoll?

(= attractive thing) → Attraktion f

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attraction [əˈtrækʃ/ən] n → attrazione f, fascino; (pleasant feature) → attrattiva
city life has no attraction for me → la vita di città non mi attira affatto
one of the attractions was a free car → uno dei vantaggi era quello di una macchina gratis

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