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# attentive

adjective (attentive, more attentive, most attentive); adverb attentively; noun attentiveness

«attentive» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Listening or watching carefully and paying close attention. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attentive/#m1)
2. Kind and helpful, noticing what other people need. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attentive/#m2)

### In the lessons

At school a teacher may praise an attentive class or pupil who listens well. In stories it describes a careful listener or a caring host, nurse or friend. It tells the reader that someone is focused or thoughtful. Common phrases: "attentive to", "an attentive listener", "listen attentively".

### Examples

- The class was very attentive during the science demonstration. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attentive/#x1)
- Be attentive when the lifeguard gives the rules. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attentive/#x2)
- She is an attentive listener and remembers what you say. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attentive/#x3)
- The waiter was attentive and refilled our water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attentive/#x4)
- The nurse was attentive to every patient. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attentive/#x5)
- Attentive readers will spot the clue in chapter two. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attentive/#x6)
- The dog sat attentively, waiting for the ball. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attentive/#x7)
- ‘That I will,’ said the Hare, ‘you will find me a most attentive pupil.’ [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attentive/#x8)

### Note

It is an adjective; the noun is "attention" (pay attention) and the adverb is "attentively". Use "attentive to" someone or something. Do not confuse with "attractive" (nice to look at) or "attendant" (a helper).

## In Jewish tradition

In the Psalms it describes God's ears, which the speaker asks to listen closely to prayer.

**Interpretation.** The line comes from a psalm said in times of trouble, "Out of the depths." Tradition reads it as the hope that God hears every cry.

### Examples

- Lord, hearken unto my voice; let Thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. (Writings PSA.130.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/attentive/#x1)

### Note

It is an adjective; the noun is "attention" (pay attention) and the adverb is "attentively". Use "attentive to" someone or something. Do not confuse with "attractive" (nice to look at) or "attendant" (a helper).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «attentive» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attentive/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«attentive» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/attentive.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «attentive» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/attentive/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«attentive» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/attentive.html) on Mova free.