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Definition: Attention Span |
Attention SpanNoun1. The length of time you can concentrate on some idea or activity. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Attention Span |
| English words defined with "attention span": autism. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | The American public's attention span is about as long as your dick. (Canadian Bacon; writing credit: Michael Moore) I'm not bright! Big words confuse me! I have the attention span of a rodent, and Wanda loves me anyway. (The Fairly OddParents; writing credit: Philippe Setbon) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Short Attention Span Theater (1989) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Books | |
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Health | An individual in stage III may show more interest in her surroundings, and her alertness, attention span, and communication skills may improve. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
attention span | 24 |
short attention span | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "attention span"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | opmaerksomhedsspaendvidde. (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | aandachtsgebied (focus). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | empan de l'attention. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Aufmerksamkeitsumfang, Aufmerksamkeitsspanne. (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | ampiezza dell'attenzione. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | attentionay anspay campo de la atención. (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-n-n-n-o-p-s-t-t-t" | |
-3 letters: attentions. | |
-4 letters: annotates, antipasto, antistate, attention, intonates, natations, panettoni, patinates, titanates. | |
-5 letters: annattos, annotate, antennas, antepast, antistat, apatites, apostate, astatine, attaints, enations, intonate, natation, nattiest, nepotist, patients, patinate, pennants, pentosan, pintanos, pottiest, sanitate, santonin, saponine, saponite, sonatina, sonatine, stannite, tannates, tinstone, titanate, tontines. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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