Attraction - English meaning

noun

The quality of being powerfully and mysteriously attractive or fascinating.

Usage examples:

People for whom gold holds no allure

verb

Powerfully attract or charm; tempt.

Usage examples:

Will sponsors really be allured by such opportunities?

noun

The quality of being attractive, interesting, or exciting

Usage examples:

The allure of working in television, sexual allure

verb

Make a serious, urgent, or heartfelt request.

Usage examples:

Police are appealing for information about the incident

noun

A serious, urgent, or heartfelt request.

Usage examples:

His mother made an appeal for the return of the ring

verb

To be interesting or attractive

Usage examples:

Such music managed to appeal to the tastes of both young and old., [ t ] the verdict was appealed t…

noun

The quality of being pleasing or appealing to the senses.

Usage examples:

This scheme could enhance the attractiveness of the area

noun

The quality of being very pleasing in appearance or sound

Usage examples:

She is well aware of her attractiveness to men., physical attractiveness is very important to some …

noun

The quality of causing interest or making people want to do something

Usage examples:

High mortgage rates have decreased the attractiveness of home-owning., when the dollar is weak, it …

noun

A combination of qualities, such as shape, colour, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight.

Usage examples:

I was struck by her beauty

adjective

Good; excellent (used as a general term of approval).

Usage examples:

That's beauty mate, and a nice fish too!

noun

An attractive quality that gives pleasure to those who experience it or think about it, or a person who has this attractive quality

Usage examples:

[ u ] the grand canyon’s natural beauty attracts tourists from all over., [ c ] at 37 she was known…

noun

Compelling attractiveness or charm that can inspire devotion in others.

Usage examples:

He has tremendous charisma and stage presence

noun

The ability to attract the attention and admiration of others, and to be seen as a leader

Usage examples:

To be a great leader, a person has to have some charisma., he was the charismatic leader his people…

noun

A special power that some people have naturally that makes them able to influence other people and attract their attention and admiration

Usage examples:

On screen garbo had this great charisma so that you couldn't take your eyes off her., how did a man…

noun

The power or quality of delighting, attracting, or fascinating others.

Usage examples:

His charm has captivated the media

verb

Delight greatly.

Usage examples:

The books have charmed children the world over

adjective

Denoting a flavour (variety) of unstable quark having an electric charge of + 2/3. charm quarks have similar properties to up quarks and top quarks, but are distinguished from them by having an intermediate mass.

noun

The quality of being desirable.

Usage examples:

We agree on the desirability of a negotiated settlement

noun

The quality of being sexually attractive

Usage examples:

She was aware of her desirability., too much emphasis is placed on the desirability of being thin.

noun

The quality of being worth having

Usage examples:

Desirability of too much emphasis is placed on the desirability of being thin.

verb

Produce (a picture or diagram) by making lines and marks on paper with a pencil, pen, etc.

Usage examples:

He drew a map

noun

An act of selecting names randomly to decide winners in a lottery, opponents in a sporting contest, etc.

Usage examples:

The draw has been made for this year's tournament

verb

Cause to move by pulling

noun

A unit of measurement equal to half an em and approximately the average width of typeset characters, used especially for estimating the total amount of space a text will require.

Usage examples:

We always place an en between the last two items of a list

prefix

(added to nouns) forming verbs meaning ‘put into or on’.

Usage examples:

Engulf

suffix

(forming verbs from adjectives) denoting the development, creation, or intensification of a state.

Usage examples:

Widen

noun

An attractive or exciting quality that makes certain people or things seem appealing.

Usage examples:

The glamour of monte carlo

noun

A quality of someone or something that causes excitement and admiration because of its style or attractive appearance

Usage examples:

Hollywood glamour, the downhill race was one of the glamour events of the winter olympics.

verb

Tempt (a person or animal) to do something or to go somewhere, especially by offering some form of reward.

Usage examples:

The child was lured into a car but managed to escape

noun

Something that tempts or is used to tempt a person or animal to do something.

Usage examples:

The film industry always has been a glamorous lure for young girls

noun

Variant spelling of lur.

noun

The power of apparently influencing events by using mysterious or supernatural forces.

Usage examples:

Suddenly, as if by magic, the doors start to open

adjective

Having or apparently having supernatural powers.

Usage examples:

A magic wand

verb

Move, change, or create by or as if by magic.

Usage examples:

He must have been magicked out of the car at the precise second it exploded

noun

A physical phenomenon produced by the motion of electric charge, which results in attractive and repulsive forces between objects.

Usage examples:

Relativity would arrive, not from concerns over the flaws in newton's mechanics, but rather from co…

noun

The power of a magnet to attract other objects

Usage examples:

Fig. elvis’s animal magnetism (= powerful physical attraction) made him a beloved celebrity to mill…

verb

Exert force on (someone or something) so as to cause movement towards oneself.

Usage examples:

He pulled them down on to the couch

noun

An act of pulling something.

Usage examples:

Give the hair a quick pull and it comes out by the roots

verb

Apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion

noun

The action of seducing someone.

Usage examples:

If seduction doesn't work, she can play on his sympathy

noun

The attractive quality of something

Usage examples:

[ u ] the movie is an advertisement for the seduction of flight., [ u ] the movie depicts her seduc…

noun

The quality of making someone feel attracted to you and want to have sex with you

Usage examples:

He has a sweet, boy-next-door seductiveness., the dangerous seductiveness of new technology

verb

Write or name the letters that form (a word) in correct sequence.

Usage examples:

Dolly spelled her name

noun

A form of words used as a magical charm or incantation.

Usage examples:

A spell is laid on the door to prevent entry

verb

Allow (someone) to rest briefly by taking their place in an activity.

Usage examples:

I got sleepy and needed her to spell me for a while at the wheel