attraction

Significado

1. The tendency to attract.
2. The feeling of being attracted.
3. An event, location, or business that has a tendency to draw interest from visitors, and in many cases, local residents.
4. The sacrifice of pieces in order to expose the enemy king.
5. 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.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/əˈtɹækʃən/

Etimologia

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

Frases

Close by is Rode Hall , the gardens of which are a tourist attraction .

Por perto, está Rode Hall, cujos jardins são uma atração turística.