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