attention
/əˈtɛnʃ(ə)n/
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final -tion sounds like shun
ə - ˈtɛnʃən -> attention
(n) အာရုံစိုက်ခြင်း။ သတိမူခြင်း။ အထူးဂရုပြုခြင်း၊ ဆောင်ရွက်ခြင်း။
၁။ [U] အာရုံစိုက်ခြင်း။ သတိမူခြင်း။ an issue which has become the focus of media/ international attention ❍ the report's attention to detail ❍ Small children have a very short attention span. ❍ Please pay attention (ie listen carefully) (to what I am saying). ❍ She was trying to attract the waiter's attention. ❍ It has come/ been brought to my attention (ie I have been informed) that…
၂။ [U] အထူးဂရုပြုခြင်း၊ ဆောင်ရွက်ခြင်း။ This letter is for the urgent/ personal attention of the manager. ❍ She is in need of medical attention. ❍ The roof needs attention (ie needs to be repaired).
၃။ [C usu pl] (fml ) စေတနာရှေ့ထားသော အပြုအမူ။ She was flattered by his many little attentions.
၄။ [U] သတိ အနေအထား။ come to/ stand at attention. Compare EASE ၃
interj
၁။ ကျေးဇူးပြု၍ နားဆင်ပါ။ Attention, please! The bus will leave in ten minutes. ❍ Attention all shipping…
၂။ (also infml shun /ʃʌn/) သတိအနေအထား ယူရန် အမိန့်။ သတိ။
- The speaker was dull and their attention soon wandered.
- May I please have your attention?
- [turn your attention to something] : It’s time now to turn our attention to the committee’s recommendations.
- [undivided/full attention] : Please give the demonstration your undivided attention.
- [hold/keep your attention] : The conversation failed to hold my attention.
- Recent violence has focused attention on the issue of racism.
- He avoided publicity and disliked the attention his acting brought him.
- [divert/distract attention from something] : They engineered a news story to divert attention from the scandal.
- [catch someone’s attention] : What first caught my attention was his voice.
- It had escaped my attention at the time.
- [something comes to someone’s attention] : I followed up his request the moment it came to my attention.
- [call/draw (someone’s) attention to something] : I have been asked to draw your attention to the following matters.
- [bring something to someone’s attention] : A campaign to bring human rights abuses to the government’s attention
- As the sixth of ten children, he never received much attention.
- Your letter will receive immediate attention.
- I was flattered by her kind attentions.
- She had to deal with the unwelcome attentions of a drunk.
- The event is designed to draw/call attention to hunger in poor countries.
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