EGAVE

attraction

About 9.20 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The tendency to attract.
    The Moon is held in its orbit by the attraction of the Earth's gravity.
  2. noun The state of being attractive.
    I can't resist his attraction.
  3. noun An event, location, or business that has a tendency to draw interest from visitors, and in many cases, local residents.
    The new mall should be a major attraction.
  4. noun The sacrifice of pieces in order to expose the enemy king.
  5. noun The feeling of being attracted (to something), that is, being drawn toward it; a desire to be near or involved (in something).
    I kept returning there because I felt a strange attraction towards the place.
  6. noun Sexual or romantic desire (especially for a usually specified individual, kind of person, etc).
    I've always had an attraction to blondes.
  7. noun An error in language production that incorrectly extends a feature from one word in a sentence to another, e.g. when a verb agrees with a noun other than its subject.

Similar words

attractiveness drawing card draw attractive feature attractive force attract allure attractive seduction temptation

Often followed by

of to for and between is in was that

Word family

attractions

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