attention
/əˈtɛn.ʃn̩/ interjection C2- Used as a command to bring soldiers to the attention position.
- A call for people to be quiet/stop doing what they are presently doing and pay heed to what they are to be told or shown.
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Had you not been near to catch her as she fell and to render proper attention, we might have lost her.
As Rikki-tikki went up the path, he heard his “attention” notes like a tiny dinner gong, and then the steady “Ding-dong-tock!
I don’t know how you can pay attention to the sermon or the prayers when you have it on.
I said a grateful prayer at once and then I gave all my attention to holding on tight, for I knew I should probably have to depend on human aid to get back to dry land.”
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