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at·ten·tive

(ə-tĕn′tĭv)

adj.

1. Paying close attention; alert or observant: an attentive listener; attentive to detail. See Synonyms at careful.

2. Showing care for the needs or desires of others; caring or courteous. See Synonyms at thoughtful.

at·ten′tive·ly adv.

at·ten′tive·ness n.

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Noun	1.	attentiveness - paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences" heed, paying attention, regard attending, attention - the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others advertence, advertency - the process of being heedful heedlessness, inattentiveness - a lack of attentiveness (as to children or helpless people)
	2.	attentiveness - the trait of being considerate and thoughtful of others considerateness, thoughtfulness, consideration - kind and considerate regard for others; "he showed no consideration for her feelings"
	3.	attentiveness - the trait of being observant and paying attention trait - a distinguishing feature of your personal nature carefulness - the quality of being careful and painstaking; "I admired the carefulness of his work" heedfulness, mindfulness - the trait of staying aware of (paying close attention to) your responsibilities carefulness, caution, cautiousness - the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger; "a man of caution" on the qui vive, sharp-sightedness, alertness - lively attentiveness weather eye, vigilance, watchfulness - vigilant attentiveness; "he keeps a weather eye open for trouble" inadvertency, unmindfulness, inadvertence, heedlessness - the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities inattentiveness - the trait of not being considerate and thoughtful of others

attentiveness

noun

1. Concentration of the mental powers on something:

attention, concentration, consideration, heedfulness, regardfulness.

2. Thoughtful attention:

concern, consideration, regard, solicitude, thoughtfulness.

Translations

يَقَظَه، إنْتِباه

pozornost

opmærksomhed

umhyggja

attentiveness

[əˈtentɪvnɪs] N

1. (= alertness) → atención f

2. (= consideration) → atención f

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attentiveness

n → Aufmerksamkeit f

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attentiveness

[əˈtɛntɪvnɪs] n → attenzione f; (consideration) → sollecitudine f

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attention

(əˈtenʃən) noun

1. notice. He tried to attract my attention; Pay attention to your teacher!

2. care. That broken leg needs urgent attention.

3. concentration of the mind. His attention wanders.

4. (in the army etc) a position in which one stands very straight with hands by the sides and feet together. He stood to attention.

atˈtentive (-tiv) adjective

giving attention. The children were very attentive when the teacher was speaking; attentive to her needs.

atˈtentively (-tiv-) adverb

They listened attentively.

atˈtentiveness noun

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Bulstrode had also a deferential bending attitude in listening, and an apparently fixed attentiveness in his eyes which made those persons who thought themselves worth hearing infer that he was seeking the utmost improvement from their discourse.

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"Your attentiveness and consideration makes me more sensible of my own neglect.

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The companies have linked up to produce a system that identifies drivers through facial recognition, assesses driver attentiveness by the position of the head and tracking eyelids, and even measures driver distraction through iris tracking.

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Elsewhere, Bob worries that he has been shot, and as Kim tends to him, Scarlett is impressed with her attentiveness.