word-vault/dist/data/cards/at/attraction.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "attraction",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an interesting or lively place to go or thing to do",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Buckingham Palace is a major **tourist attraction**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **main attraction** at Giverny is Monet's garden."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Attractions at the fair include a mini-circus, clowns, dancers and a jazz band."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Feeding the animals proved a popular attraction for visitors to the farm."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The library is expected to be a major visitor attraction for the town."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a feeling of liking somebody, especially sexually",
            "sensetop": "attraction (to somebody)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She felt an immediate attraction to him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sexual attraction is a large part of falling in love."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They felt a strong mutual attraction."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My attraction to him was totally physical."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His attraction to you is obvious."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They could no longer deny the attraction between them."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["fatal", "irresistible", "obvious"],
                "verb + attraction": ["feel", "see", "have"],
                "preposition": [
                    "attraction between",
                    "attraction to",
                    "attraction towards/​toward"
                ],
                "phrases": ["the centre/​center of attraction"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a feature, quality or person that makes something seem interesting and fun, and worth having or doing",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I can't see the attraction of sitting on a beach all day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "City life holds little attraction for me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is the star attraction of the show."
                },
                {
                    "text": "And there’s the added attraction of free champagne on all flights."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I could now see the attraction of a steady job and regular income."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Long flights hold no attraction for me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The main attraction of the place is the nightlife."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The stunning landscape is only part of the attraction of the region."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sophie was plainly the centre of attraction in the room."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["added", "big", "chief"],
                "verb + attraction": ["have", "be", "prove"],
                "preposition": ["attraction for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a force that pulls things towards each other",
            "labels": "(physics)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**gravitational/magnetic attraction**"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["fatal", "irresistible", "obvious"],
                "verb + attraction": ["feel", "see", "have"],
                "preposition": [
                    "attraction between",
                    "attraction to",
                    "attraction towards/​toward"
                ],
                "phrases": ["the centre/​center of attraction"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtrækʃn/",
                "audio": "at/attraction/attraction__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtrækʃn/",
                "audio": "at/attraction/attraction__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (denoting the action of a poultice in drawing matter from the tissues): from Latin attractio(n-), from the verb attrahere, from ad- ‘to’ + trahere ‘draw’."
}