attraction

UK/əˈtɹækʃn̩/US/əˈtɹækʃn̩/

nounB1+Common in everyday speech and writing · #3,104 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: attractions

Attraction is the pull one thing has on another, or a place worth visiting. A tourist attraction, mutual attraction, the attraction of the idea.

In physics it is a plain description of a force, as gravitational attraction is. The tourist sense is a small industry in itself, and attraction is the word on every brown road sign in Britain.

Definitions of attraction

1nounattractionThe pull one thing has on another, or a place worth visiting.B1+
“The castle is the town's main tourist attraction.”

attraction is a pull.

Where it comes from

Latin attractio comes from attrahere, to draw towards, from ad plus trahere, to pull.

Latin
attractiō
Old French
attraction
Middle English
attraccioun
English, today
attraction

From Middle English attraccioun, from Old French attraction, from Latin attractiō. From Middle English attraccioun, from Old French attraction, from Latin attractio from past participle of attrahō (= ad + trahō), equivalent to attract + ion.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

attraction in the wild

For asexual people, romantic orientation is often considered a more useful measure of attraction than sexual orientation.
Romantic orientation
The relationship between sexual attraction and romantic attraction is still under debate.
Romantic orientation
An amusement park is a park that features various attractions, such as rides and games, and events for entertainment purposes.
Amusement park
Attraction may refer to: Interpersonal attraction, the attraction between people which leads to friendships, platonic and romantic relationships.
Attraction

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

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