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say it: uh-TEN-tiv
attentive is an adjective meaning "(often followed by `to') giving care or attention". It carries 2 recorded senses.
(often followed by `to') giving care or attention
“attentive to details”
“the nurse was attentive to her patient”
“an attentive suitor”
taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention
“heedful of the warnings”
“so heedful a writer”
“heedful of what they were doing”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for attentive come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.