Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or capability of attracting.
- noun The quality of attracting; charm.
- noun A feature or characteristic that attracts.
- noun A person, place, thing, or event that is intended to attract.
- noun The electric or magnetic force exerted by oppositely charged particles, tending to draw or hold the particles together.
- noun The gravitational force exerted by one body on another.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act, power, or property of attracting.
- noun That which attracts feeling or desire; a charm; an allurement.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physics) An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually between bodies or ultimate particles, tending to draw them together, or to produce their cohesion or combination, and conversely resisting separation.
- noun The act or property of attracting; the effect of the power or operation of attraction.
- noun The power or act of alluring, drawing to, inviting, or engaging; an attractive quality.
- noun That which attracts; an attractive object or feature.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The tendency to
attract - noun The feeling of being attracted
- noun An event or location that has a tendency to attract visitors
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an entertainment that is offered to the public
- noun the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts
- noun a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts
- noun the force by which one object attracts another
- noun an entertainer who attracts large audiences
Etymologies
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Examples
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The main attraction is the potential for showers and storms with strong winds, both this morning and maybe again during the late afternoon into evening.
Forecast: Gusty showers & storms a threat today Dan Stillman 2010
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Massey's main attraction is its huge reserves of high-quality metallurgical coal, which is used to make steel and is in great demand in China and India.
Massey's Hidden Attraction Kris Maher 2010
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But when the sun sets, the main attraction is the thrilling La Ronde amusement park.
Archive 2008-04-01 The Nag 2008
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Daeg Faerch, the child actor that plays our main attraction, is nothing special, and honestly … very hard to look at.
REVIEW: Rob Zombie’s Halloween « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2007
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It is also another way to gain attraction from the public.
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Mise-en-scene aside, the film's main attraction is its stars.
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But the main attraction is a silver mold of Nazarbayev's palm print.
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Its main attraction is that it is usually nice and quite until about 7pm.
The One With The Afternoon In London kisobel 2005
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But the main attraction is a silver mold of Nazarbayev's palm print.
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But the main attraction is a silver mold of Nazarbayev's palm print.
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