ATTRACTION


Meaning of ATTRACTION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ə-ˈtrak-shən ]

noun

Date: 14th century

1.

a. : the act, process, or power of attracting

b. : personal charm

2. : the action or power of drawing forth a response : an attractive quality

3. : a force acting mutually between particles of matter, tending to draw them together, and resisting their separation

4. : something that attracts or is intended to attract people by appealing to their desires and tastes

coming attraction s

Synonyms:

attraction , affinity , sympathy mean the relationship existing between things or persons that are naturally or involuntarily drawn together. attraction implies the possession by one thing of a quality that pulls another to it

felt an attraction to danger

affinity implies a susceptibility or predisposition on the part of the one drawn

an affinity for mathematics

sympathy implies a reciprocal or natural relation between two things that are both susceptible to the same influence

two minds in sympathy

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.