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attraction

7 definitions • 10 examples
1
something that makes people want to go to a place or do a particular thing:

Examples:

Life in Los Angeles has so many attractions - nightclubs, good restaurants, and so on.
The opportunity to travel is one of the main attractions of this job.
Skiing holds no attraction for me.
2
the feeling of liking someone, especially sexually, because of the way they look or behave:

Examples:

She felt an immediate physical attraction to him.
3
a force by which things are pulled towards each other:

Examples:

gravitational attraction
4
a quality or force of someone or something that tends to pull others in or create interest in the person or thing:

Examples:

[ C ] The company’s excellent employee benefits package is a major attraction.
[ U ] Sports hold little attraction for me.
5
An attraction is also something that makes people want to go to a place:

Examples:

6
Attraction is also the force of gravity (= force that makes objects fall toward earth), or the force of a magnet that pulls things toward it.
7
something that people come to see because they are interested in it:

Examples:

The historic centre is one of the major visitor attractions of the city.

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