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The attentive student listened carefully.
What does Attentive mean?
Attentive means paying close attention.
Dictionary definition
Paying careful attention or showing care for someone’s needs.
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Attentive in a sentence
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An attentive friend notices when someone needs help.
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Attentive readers look for details that support the main idea.
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What does attentive mean?
Attentive means carefully noticing, listening, or caring about what is happening.
Practice 2
Which word is closest in meaning to attentive?
Focused is close in meaning to attentive in this dictionary entry.
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Which word is an antonym of attentive?
Distracted contrasts with attentive in this dictionary entry.
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WordAttentive.
Partadjective.
MeaningAttentive means paying close attention.
ExampleExample: The attentive student listened carefully.
Word breakdown
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- Syllables
- uh · ten · tiv
- Strongest beat
- ten
- Ending
- tiv
- Tip
- Put a little extra energy on ten.
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distractedUse when attention is pulled away.
carelessUse when someone is not careful or thoughtful.
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Attentive word family
Base word
attentive
adverb
attentively
In a careful and focused way.
noun
attentiveness
The quality of paying close attention.
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Attentive means paying close attention.
Common mix-up
Attentive is not the same as distracted. Attentive means attentive means paying close attention.
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Read this model sentence: An attentive friend notices when someone needs help. Clue words: friend, notices, someone. Underline clue words that show attention, safety, checking, or avoiding mistakes. Now write one new sentence that shows attentive without using the word attentive. Ask: Does my sentence clearly show attentive?
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