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Definition: Attentiveness |
AttentivenessNoun1. Paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences". 2. The trait of being considerate and thoughtful of others. 3. The trait of being observant and paying attention. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "attentiveness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1374. (references) |
Synonyms: AttentivenessSynonyms: heed (n), paying attention (n), regard (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: inattentiveness (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Attentiveness |
| English words defined with "attentiveness": alertness ♦ gallantry ♦ heed, heedlessness ♦ inattentiveness, Intentiveness ♦ on the qui vive ♦ paying attention ♦ regard ♦ solicitous ♦ vigilance ♦ watchfulness, weather eye. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "attentiveness": Intentiveness. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | However, disorders that involve the brain and impair its motor function can also cause seizures and impair an individual's intellectual development, attentiveness to the outside world, activity and behavior, and vision and hearing. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Attentiveness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Attentiveness" is used about 29 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 29 | 64,444 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 |
attentiveness | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "attentiveness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | vëmendje (assiduity, attention, care, carefulness, concentration, consideration, heed, note, notice, regard, thought). (various references) | |
Arabic | يقظة (arousal, promptitude, vigil, vigilance, wake, wakefulness, watchfulness), إنتباه (alertness, attention, awareness, heed, mark, notice, regard, remark, warning). (various references) | |
Danish | svaekket opmaerksomhed (disturbance of attentiveness), svaekket interesse (disturbance of attentiveness), bilisternes grad af opmærksomhed over meldinger (degree of attentiveness of drivers to messages). (various references) | |
Dutch | aandacht van automobilisten voor boodschappen (degree of attentiveness of drivers to messages), vermindering van de aandacht (disturbance of attentiveness). (various references) | |
Finnish | tarkkaavaisuus (attention), huomaavaisuus (attention). (various references) | |
French | attention (attention), prévenances (attention). (various references) | |
German | achtsamkeit (care, regardfulness). (various references) | |
Greek | προσεκτικότησ (regardfulness), προσεκτικότητα (carefulness, cautiousness, regardfulness), προσήλωση (assiduity, attachment, dedication, fixing). (various references) | |
Italian | grado di attenzione dei conducenti ai messaggi (degree of attentiveness of drivers to messages), disturbo dell'attenzione (disturbance of attentiveness). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 注意力 , 気配り (attention, care, consideration). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きくばり (attention, care, consideration), ちゅういりょく. (various references) | |
Manx | tastid (acuteness, acuteness of mind, attention, discernment, intellect, penetration, perception, sagacity), frioose (advertence, attention, consideration, heedfulness, importance, moment, thoughtfulness, thrift, thriftiness, value), currymid (accuracy, considerateness, dutifulness), arreydys (alertness, cautiousness, watchfulness). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | attentivenessay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | perturbação da atenção (disturbance of attentiveness). (various references) | |
Russian | внимательность. (various references) | |
Spanish | atención (acuity, advertence, advertency, alertness, attention, beware, care, chariness, fore, heed, kindness, look out, notice, regard, solicitude, thoughtfulness). (various references) | |
Thai | ความสนใจ (attention, eye). (various references) | |
Turkish | dikkat (application, attention, beware, care, carefulness, caution, cautiousness, cave, fore, look out, note, notice, regard, remark, shun, ware, watch out, watchfulness). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự săn sóc chu đáo, sự lưu tâm thái độ ân cần, sự chăm chú sự chú ý. (various references) | |
Welsh | astudrwydd (diligence, study). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adtentione, diligentia, diligentiam, diligentias. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "attentiveness": attentivenesses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "attentiveness": inattentiveness. (additional references) | |
Words containing "attentiveness": inattentivenesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "attentiveness" (pronounced ute"ntivnus) |
| 8 | -e" n t i v n u s | inventiveness. |
| 6 | -t i v n u s | assertiveness, attractiveness, combativeness, competitiveness, creativeness, destructiveness, distinctiveness, effectiveness, ineffectiveness, restiveness, restrictiveness, secretiveness, sensitiveness, suggestiveness, vindictiveness. |
| 5 | -i v n u s | aggressiveness, cohesiveness, decisiveness, defensiveness, divisiveness, elusiveness, inclusiveness, indecisiveness, intrusiveness, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, possessiveness, responsiveness. |
| 4 | -v n u s | forgiveness, resistiveness. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, agribusiness, airworthiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, arbitrariness, astuteness, asynchronous, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, coldness, Colonus, compactness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, coolness, correctness, coziness, craziness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, directness, disingenuousness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, edginess, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, indebtedness, indigenous, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, pettiness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quickness, quietness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resourcefulness, restlessness, richness, righteousness, rightness, riskiness, robustness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, selfishness, selflessness, separateness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vividness, voluminous, wariness, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wimpiness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: tentativeness. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-i-n-n-s-s-t-t-t-v" | |
-3 letters: intestates, nativeness, sententiae, teentsiest, tentatives. | |
-4 letters: anisettes, antisense, attentive, estivates, insensate, intensest, intestate, naiveness, nattiness, sententia, sentients, setenants, seventies, stannites, steatites, tattiness, teensiest, tentative, tetanises, venenates, venetians. | |
-5 letters: anisette, antsiest, ententes, estivate, etesians, evenness, insanest, instants, instates, naivetes, nastiest, nattiest, navettes, neatness, nettiest, satinets, sentient, setenant, stanines, stannite, statives, steatite, tastiest, teeniest, teniases. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-e-i-n-n-s-s-t-t-t-v" | |
+2 letters: attentivenesses, inattentiveness, tentativenesses. | |
+4 letters: inattentivenesses. | |
+5 letters: quantitativenesses, unattractivenesses. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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