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attention
English
Etymology
From Middle English attencioun, borrowed from Latin attentio, attentionis, from attendere, past participle attentus (“to attend, give heed to”); see attend.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??t?n.??n/
Noun
attention (countable and uncountable, plural attentions)
- (uncountable) Mental focus.
- (countable) An action or remark expressing concern for or interest in someone or something, especially romantic interest.
- 1818, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus, ch. 3,
- She attended her sickbed; her watchful attentions triumphed over the malignity of the distemper.
- 1910, Stephen Leacock, "How to Avoid Getting Married," in Literary Lapses,
- For some time past I have been the recipient of very marked attentions from a young lady.
- 1818, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus, ch. 3,
- (uncountable, military) A state of alertness in the standing position.
- (uncountable, computing) A technique in neural networks that mimics cognitive attention, enhancing the important parts of the input data while giving less priority to the rest.
Synonyms
- (mental focus): heed, notice; see also Thesaurus:attention
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Interjection
attention
- (military) Used as a command to bring soldiers to the attention position.
- A call for people to be quiet/stop doing what they are presently doing and pay heed to what they are to be told or shown.
Translations
Further reading
- attention in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- attention in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Antonetti, tentation
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin attentio, attentionem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.t??.sj??/
Noun
attention f (uncountable)
- attention, (mental focus)
- vigilance
- attention (concern for or interest in)
- consideration, thoughtfulness
Derived terms
- faire attention
- prêter attention
Related terms
- attendre
- attentif
Interjection
attention !
- look out! watch out! careful!
Further reading
- “attention” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- tentation
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regard
English
Alternative forms
- regarde, reguard, reguarde (all obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??????d/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??????d/
- Hyphenation: re?gard
- Rhymes: -??(?)d
Etymology 1
From Middle English regard, regarde, reguard, from Anglo-Norman reguard, from regarder, reguarder. Attested in Middle English starting around the mid 14th century. Compare guard, reward, guardian, and so on.
Noun
regard (countable and uncountable, plural regards)
- (countable) A steady look, a gaze. [from 15th c.]
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 750:
- He bathed in the memory of her blondness, of her warm blue regard, and the sentiment permeated his sensibility with tenderness made the more rich because its object was someone long since dead.
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 750:
- One's concern for another; esteem; relation, reference. [from 16th c.]
- (preceded by “in” or “with”) A particular aspect or detail; respect, sense. [from 16th c.]
- 1842, Treuttel and Würtz, The Foreign Quarterly Review, page 144:
- This attempt will be made with every regard to the difficulty of the undertaking […]
- 1989, Leonard W. Poon, David C. Rubin, Barbara A. Wilson, Everyday Cognition in Adulthood and Late Life, Cambridge University Press, page 399:
- These problems were not traditional problems with realistic stimuli, but rather were realistic in every regard.
- 1842, Treuttel and Würtz, The Foreign Quarterly Review, page 144:
- (uncountable) The worth or estimation in which something or someone is held.
- Synonyms: esteem, repute
- He is held in great regard in Whitehall.
Derived terms
- disregard
- in regard
- in regard of
- in regard to
- with regard to
Synonyms
- consideration, onlook, respect
Antonyms
- (concern for another): neglect
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English regarden, from Old French regarder, reguarder. First attested in late Middle English, circa the early 15th century.
Verb
regard (third-person singular simple present regards, present participle regarding, simple past and past participle regarded)
- To look at; to observe. [from 16th c.]
- (transitive) To consider, look upon (something) in a given way etc. [from 16th c.]
- , [Act V, scene iv]:
- Signior Leonato, truth it is good Signior, / Your neece regards me with an eye of fauour.
- , [Act V, scene iv]:
- (transitive, archaic) To take notice of, pay attention to. [from 16th c.]
- (transitive) To face toward.
- (transitive) To have to do with, to concern. [from 17th c.]
- (transitive, obsolete) To set store by (something), to hold (someone) in esteem; to consider to have value, to respect. [from 16th c.]
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke 18:2:
- Ther was a Iudge in a certayne cite which feared not god nether regarded man.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke 18:2:
Derived terms
- regardable
- regarder
- regardless
- self-regarding
Synonyms
- (to look at): See Thesaurus:look
- (to consider): See Thesaurus:deem
- (to take notice of): See Thesaurus:pay attention
Antonyms
- ignore
- neglect
Translations
Anagrams
- Drager, Gerard, Grader, grader, red rag, redrag
French
Etymology
From Middle French regard, from Old French regard, from reguarder.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.?a?/
Noun
regard m (plural regards)
- look, glance
- (uncountable) sight, gaze, eyes
- 1885, Loreau, Heriette (trans.), L’Ami commun (Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens), Part IV, chapter 10:
- 1885, Loreau, Heriette (trans.), L’Ami commun (Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens), Part IV, chapter 10:
- manhole
Related terms
- regarder
Further reading
- “regard” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- garder, Gérard
Old French
Alternative forms
- regart, resgard, resgart, regarde
Noun
regard m (oblique plural regarz or regartz, nominative singular regarz or regartz, nominative plural regard)
- look; observance; watching (act, instance of looking at)
Descendants
- Middle French: regard
- ? Middle English: regard, regarde
- English: regard
- ? Middle English: regard, regarde
References
- regard on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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