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# attraction

«attraction» in Mova's school dictionary: **A place or thing people want to visit or see: a tourist…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an attraction, attractions; also uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A place or thing people want to visit or see: a tourist attraction. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attraction/#m1)

2) A feeling of liking someone or something, being drawn to them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attraction/#m2)

3) (science) A force that pulls things together, like a magnet and iron, or gravity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attraction/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons, magnets show attraction (opposite poles) and repulsion (like poles); gravity is an attraction between masses. In everyday life and geography, tourist attractions bring visitors. In stories, attraction means liking. Phrases: tourist attraction, the main attraction, magnetic attraction.

### examples

- The zoo is the town's biggest attraction. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attraction/#x1)
- Opposite poles of magnets show attraction. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attraction/#x2)
- The main attraction at the fair was the roller coaster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attraction/#x3)
- Gravity is the attraction between the Earth and the Moon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attraction/#x4)
- I don't understand the attraction of horror films. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attraction/#x5)
- The castle is a popular tourist attraction. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attraction/#x6)
- This colossal statue was 39 feet high, and was composed of ivory and gold; its majestic beauty formed the chief attraction of the temple. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attraction/#x7)

### note

Verb attract; adjective attractive. Opposite in science: repulsion. In magnets, north and south attract, while two norths repel.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «attraction» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attraction/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.