attention

Meanings

Noun

Interjection

  • 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.

Origin

  • From Middle English attencioun, borrowed from Latin attentio, from attendere, past participle attentus; see attend.

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