2 ADJ Someone who is attentive is helpful and polite. □ [+ to ] Linda and her team are extremely attentive to the individual's needs.
at|tenu|ate /əte njue I t/ (attenuates , attenuating , attenuated ) VERB To attenuate something means to reduce it or weaken it. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] You could never eliminate risk, but preparation and training could attenuate it.
at|tenu|at|ed /əte njue I t I d/ ADJ An attenuated object is unusually long and thin. [FORMAL ] □ …round arches and attenuated columns.
at|test /əte st/ (attests , attesting , attested ) VERB To attest something or attest to something means to say, show, or prove that it is true. [FORMAL ] □ [V + to ] Police records attest to his long history of violence. □ [V that] I can personally attest that the cold and flu season is here. [Also V with quote]
at|tic /æ t I k/ (attics ) N‑COUNT An attic is a room at the top of a house just below the roof.
at|tire /əta I ə r / N‑UNCOUNT [with poss] Your attire is the clothes you are wearing. [FORMAL ] □ …seven women dressed in their finest attire.
at|tired /əta I ə r d/ ADJ [adv ADJ ] If you describe how someone is attired , you are describing how they are dressed. [FORMAL ] □ [+ in ] He was faultlessly attired in black coat and striped trousers.
at|ti|tude ◆◆◇ /æ t I tjuːd, [AM ] -tuːd/ (attitudes )
1 N‑VAR Your attitude to something is the way that you think and feel about it, especially when this shows in the way you behave. □ [+ to/towards ] …the general change in attitude towards people with disabilities. □ His attitude made me angry.
2 N‑UNCOUNT If you refer to someone as a person with attitude , you mean that they have a striking and individual style of behaviour, especially a forceful or aggressive one. [JOURNALISM ] COLLOCATIONS attitude NOUN 1
adjective + attitude : negative, positive; can-do, cavalier, laissez-faire, relaxed; aggressive, caring, hostile, responsible
verb + attitude : adopt, develop, reflect; affect, change, influence SYNONYMS attitude NOUN 1
opinion: Most who expressed an opinion spoke favorably of Thomas.
view: I take the view that she should be stopped as soon as possible.
point of view: Try to look at this from my point of view.
perspective: The death of his father gave him a new perspective on life.
stance: They have maintained a consistently neutral stance.
at|ti|tu|di|nal /æ t I tjuː d I n ə l, [AM ] -tuː d-/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Attitudinal means related to people's attitudes and the way they look at their life. [FORMAL ] □ Does such an attitudinal change reflect real experiences in daily life?
at|tor|ney ◆◇◇ /ətɜː r ni/ (attorneys )
1 N‑COUNT In the United States, an attorney or attorney at law is a lawyer. □ …a prosecuting attorney.
2 → see also District Attorney SYNONYMS attorney NOUN
lawyer: Prosecution and defence lawyers are expected to deliver closing arguments next week.
solicitor: You will need advice from a solicitor.
counseclass="underline" The defence counsel warned that the judge should stop the trial.
advocate: The court will appoint a public advocate to represent your son.
barrister: But their barristers pleaded for some leniency.
At|to r|ney Ge n|er|al (Attorneys General ) N‑COUNT A country's Attorney General is its chief law officer, who advises its government or ruler.
at|tract ◆◆◇ /ətræ kt/ (attracts , attracting , attracted )
1 VERB If something attracts people or animals, it has features that cause them to come to it. □ [V n] The Cardiff Bay project is attracting many visitors. □ [V n adv/prep] Warm weather has attracted the flat fish close to shore.
2 VERB If someone or something attracts you, they have particular qualities which cause you to like or admire them. If a particular quality attracts you to a person or thing, it is the reason why you like them. □ [V n] He wasn't sure he'd got it right, although the theory attracted him by its logic. □ [be V -ed + to ] More people would be attracted to cycling if conditions were right.
3 VERB If you are attracted to someone, you are interested in them sexually. □ [be V -ed + to ] In spite of her hostility, she was attracted to him. ● at|tract|ed ADJ [v-link ADJ ] □ [+ to ] He was nice looking, but I wasn't deeply attracted to him.
4 VERB If something attracts support, publicity, or money, it receives support, publicity, or money. □ [V n] President Mwinyi said his country would also like to attract investment from private companies.
5 VERB If one object attracts another object, it causes the second object to move towards it. □ [V n + to ] Anything with strong gravity attracts other things to it. [Also V n]
6 to attract someone's attention → see attention SYNONYMS attract VERB 1