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As a noun, attention means mental focus. As an interjection, it means used as a command to bring soldiers to the attention position.
Meanings of attention
12 meaningsnoun
Mental focus.
“Please direct your attention to the following words.”
An action or remark expressing concern for or interest in someone or something, especially romantic interest.
militaryA state of alertness in the standing position.
“The company will now come to attention.”
mlA technique in neural networks that mimics cognitive attention, enhancing the important parts of the input data while giving less priority to the rest.
The process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
Similar: attendingA general interest that leads people to want to know more
“She was the center of attention”
A courteous act indicating affection
“she tried to win his heart with her many attentions”
The faculty or power of mental concentration
“keeping track of all the details requires your complete attention”
A motionless erect stance with arms at the sides and feet together; assumed by military personnel during drill or review
“the troops stood at attention”
interjection
militaryUsed as a command to bring soldiers to the attention position.
A call for people to be quiet/stop doing what they are presently doing and pay heed to what they are to be told or shown.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).