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Definition of attention exclamation from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

attention

exclamation
 
 
/əˈtenʃn/
 
/əˈtenʃn/
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  1.  
     used for asking people to listen to something that is being announced
    • Attention, please! Passengers for flight KL412 are requested to go to gate 21 immediately.
  2. used for ordering soldiers to stand to attention
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin attentio(n-), from the verb attendere, from ad- ‘to’ + tendere ‘stretch’.
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