noun
1. the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
• Syn: ↑attention
• Ant: ↑inattention (for: ↑attention)
• Hypernyms: ↑basic cognitive process
• Hyponyms:
↑attentiveness, ↑heed, ↑regard, ↑paying attention, ↑clock-watching, ↑ear, ↑eye, ↑notice, ↑observation, ↑observance
2. the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.)
• Syn: ↑attendance
• Ant: ↑nonattendance (for: ↑attendance)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑attendant (for: ↑attendance), ↑attend (for: ↑attendance)
• Hypernyms: ↑group action
• Hyponyms: ↑appearance, ↑appearing, ↑coming into court, ↑presence, ↑turnout
Useful english dictionary. 2012.