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countable and uncountable, plural attractions
The tendency to attract. examples
The feeling of being attracted. quotations examples
When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. And the queerer the cure for those ailings the bigger the attraction. A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies.
1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 5, in Mr. Pratt's Patients
(countable) An event, location, or business that has a tendency to draw interest from visitors, and in many cases, local residents. examples
(chess) The sacrifice of pieces in order to expose the enemy king. examples
(linguistics) 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. examples