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attentive

[ uh-ten-tiv ]

adjective

  1. characterized by or giving attention; observant:

    an attentive audience.

    Synonyms: watchful, awake, alert, aware, mindful, heedful

    Antonyms: unconcerned, apathetic, indifferent

  2. thoughtful of others; considerate; polite; courteous:

    an attentive host.



attentive

/ əˈtɛntɪv /

adjective

  1. paying attention; listening carefully; observant
  2. postpositiveoften foll byto careful to fulfil the needs or wants (of); considerate (about)

    she was always attentive to his needs

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • atˈtentively, adverb
  • atˈtentiveness, noun
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Other Words From

  • at·ten·tive·ly adverb
  • at·ten·tive·ness noun
  • o·ver·at·ten·tive adjective
  • o·ver·at·ten·tive·ly adverb
  • un·at·ten·tive adjective
  • un·at·ten·tive·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of attentive1

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Middle French; attent ( def ), -ive ( def )
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Example Sentences

Trump himself was quite attentive to “your Bitcoin, your crypto, and everything else that you’re playing with” this election cycle: speaking at the Bitcoin 2024 conference, launching his own NFT “trading cards,” and even helming his own flopping crypto trading business, World Liberty Financial.

From Slate

However, I use bootstrapping in a sense that remains attentive to the actual claims expressed by Black American liberals such as Douglass, Easton and Stewart, who saw internal racial uplift as a central tenet for transforming their societies even as they levied devastating critiques of antebellum America’s inegalitarian social and political system that make such personal uplift all but impossible.

From Salon

Speaking to the media, he described her as an attentive student who had learnt advanced mathematics herself.

From BBC

I was surprised by Fernando in that even though he did not speak much, neither Spanish nor English — he did not know any English — he was always attentive and kind with the press.

Most remain out of sight and out of mind, but attentive fans can spot them if they look closely.

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