An action or remark expressing concern for or interest in someone or something, especially romantic interest.
She attended her sickbed; her watchful attentions triumphed over the malignity of the distemper.
A state of alertness in the standing position.
The company will now come to attention.
Used as a command to bring soldiers to the attention position.
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.
From Middle English attencioun, borrowed from Latin attentio, attentionis, from attendere, past participle attentus (“to attend, give heed to”); see attend. Equivalent to attend + -tion.
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