Attentive
adjective
Paying close attention to something else.
The students were attentive to the teacher's lecture.
Often appears as...
- attentive to detail
- attentive audience
adjective
Taking care of someone's needs.
The nurse was attentive to her patient's needs.
Often appears as...
- attentive service
- attentive care
adjective
Paying close attention to something else.
The students were attentive to the teacher's lecture.
Often appears as...
- attentive to detail
- attentive audience
adjective
Taking care of someone's needs.
The nurse was attentive to her patient's needs.
Often appears as...
- attentive service
- attentive care
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Active Mindset
Being attentive implies active engagement and interest, rather than passivity.
He was attentive during the debate, nodding and asking insightful questions.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Respect
In some cultures, being attentive is a sign of respect, especially towards elders or authorities.
The attentive student bowed to show respect before answering her teacher.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-Verbal Signals
Attentive behavior often includes non-verbal cues like eye contact and nodding.
Her attentive gaze encouraged the speaker to continue.
Pro Tip 1/3Active Mindset
Being attentive implies active engagement and interest, rather than passivity.
He was attentive during the debate, nodding and asking insightful questions.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Respect
In some cultures, being attentive is a sign of respect, especially towards elders or authorities.
The attentive student bowed to show respect before answering her teacher.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-Verbal Signals
Attentive behavior often includes non-verbal cues like eye contact and nodding.
Her attentive gaze encouraged the speaker to continue.
Pro Tip 1/3Active Mindset
Being attentive implies active engagement and interest, rather than passivity.
He was attentive during the debate, nodding and asking insightful questions.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Respect
In some cultures, being attentive is a sign of respect, especially towards elders or authorities.
The attentive student bowed to show respect before answering her teacher.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-Verbal Signals
Attentive behavior often includes non-verbal cues like eye contact and nodding.
Her attentive gaze encouraged the speaker to continue.
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Meet the Intimidating...
wolf eels are attentive parents both of them will guard the eggs from danger they take turns while one stays behind and guards the eggs the other goes out to hunt for delicious delicious crabs it is believed that the wolf eels will mate for life now isn't that that's just nice you know it's nice to hear that and they will
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Alice Dreger: Is anatomy...
is looking at the differences between males and females in terms of the way they think and operate in the world. And what we know from cross-cultural studies is that females, on average -- not everyone, but on average -- are more inclined to be very attentive to complex social relations and to taking care of people
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Abraham Verghese: A...
examined both breasts including the axillary tail, examined her axilla carefully, examined her cervical region, her inguinal region, did a thorough exam. And to her, that spoke of a kind of attentiveness that she needed. I was very influenced by that anecdote. I was also influenced by another experience that I had,
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Stephen Ritz: A teacher...
most come with a lot of handicaps, most are homeless and many are in foster care. Almost all of my kids live below poverty. But with those seeds, from day one, we are growing in my classroom, and this is what it looks like in my classroom. And you see how attentive these kids are to these seeds.
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What is epigenetics? -...
affecting the way they age and their susceptibility to disease. Even social experiences can cause epigenetic changes. In one famous experiment, when mother rats weren't attentive enough to their pups, genes in the babies that helped them manage stress were methylated and turned off.
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The five major world...
and then taught them about his heavenly father -- affectionate, forgiving, and attentive. Then, he would invite everyone to a common table to illustrate his Kingdom of God, outcasts, sinners, and saints all eating together. He had only three years before his unconventional wisdom
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Carol Beckwith & Angela...
awkward baby carriers because they believe that if you leave a baby on the ground it will be scooped up and taken away by evil spirits and the mothers are so incredibly loving and attentive and affectionate with their children telling
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Rethink how you think...
insecurities are key to keep us modest humble and there are many advantages to modesty it keeps us attentive to negative feedback which means that we are more coachable it also stops us from being complacent and it also make us
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His Holiness Pope...
it also must be attentive to the impact on the poor, on local populations, as well as on those who work in the energy production sectors. One way to encourage this change
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Octopus Playtime PIPE...
they are looking back and so when you have an animal that's that attentive to another animal's eyes that is very suggestive of high level of awareness of the world
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Meet the Intimidating...
wolf eels are attentive parents both of them will guard the eggs from danger they take turns while one stays behind and guards the eggs the other goes out to hunt for delicious delicious crabs it is believed that the wolf eels will mate for life now isn't that that's just nice you know it's nice to hear that and they will
Video examples
Alice Dreger: Is anatomy...
is looking at the differences between males and females in terms of the way they think and operate in the world. And what we know from cross-cultural studies is that females, on average -- not everyone, but on average -- are more inclined to be very attentive to complex social relations and to taking care of people
Video examples
Abraham Verghese: A...
examined both breasts including the axillary tail, examined her axilla carefully, examined her cervical region, her inguinal region, did a thorough exam. And to her, that spoke of a kind of attentiveness that she needed. I was very influenced by that anecdote. I was also influenced by another experience that I had,
Video examples
Stephen Ritz: A teacher...
most come with a lot of handicaps, most are homeless and many are in foster care. Almost all of my kids live below poverty. But with those seeds, from day one, we are growing in my classroom, and this is what it looks like in my classroom. And you see how attentive these kids are to these seeds.
Video examples
What is epigenetics? -...
affecting the way they age and their susceptibility to disease. Even social experiences can cause epigenetic changes. In one famous experiment, when mother rats weren't attentive enough to their pups, genes in the babies that helped them manage stress were methylated and turned off.
Video examples
The five major world...
and then taught them about his heavenly father -- affectionate, forgiving, and attentive. Then, he would invite everyone to a common table to illustrate his Kingdom of God, outcasts, sinners, and saints all eating together. He had only three years before his unconventional wisdom
Video examples
Carol Beckwith & Angela...
awkward baby carriers because they believe that if you leave a baby on the ground it will be scooped up and taken away by evil spirits and the mothers are so incredibly loving and attentive and affectionate with their children telling
Video examples
Rethink how you think...
insecurities are key to keep us modest humble and there are many advantages to modesty it keeps us attentive to negative feedback which means that we are more coachable it also stops us from being complacent and it also make us
Video examples
His Holiness Pope...
it also must be attentive to the impact on the poor, on local populations, as well as on those who work in the energy production sectors. One way to encourage this change
Video examples
Octopus Playtime PIPE...
they are looking back and so when you have an animal that's that attentive to another animal's eyes that is very suggestive of high level of awareness of the world
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Stephen Dobyns
American Poet
My poems always begin with a metaphor, but my way into the metaphor may be a word, an image, even a sound. And I rarely know the nature of the metaphor when I begin to write, but there is an attentiveness that a writer develops, a sudden alertness that is much like the feel of a fish brushing against a hook.
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Tamera Mowry
American Actress
I just want to be there for my husband. I don't ever want him to think that he's not getting everything at home - love, attention, encouragement, a meal. I just want him to feel the best he feels at home. I think that's what a good wife is. Someone who is very attentive to her husband.
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Jennifer Garner
American Actress
I am lucky to have had an attentive, curious and loving dad and heart-smart, down-to-earth, gifted mother. They changed the outlooks of their own lives and have never forgotten the people and organizations that helped them dream bigger than their circumstances should have allowed.
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Rudolf Steiner
Austrian Philosopher
We know even from ordinary life that we have to achieve a sufficient degree of attentiveness if we want to concentrate on an inner picture or an object of some kind; we must also have it in our power, though, to turn our soul away from something we have been concentrating on.
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Lamman Rucker
American Actor
When you learn how to be really attentive, you learn the importance of patience and appreciating a woman. You're able to appreciate the softness of her skin and the look in her eyes. It's a connection.
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Nathan Fillion
Canadian Actor
Improv as an actor makes you present in the moment. You listen, you're attentive. You're not acting so much as reacting, which is what you're doing in life all the time.
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Joan Halifax
American Activist
Compassion may be defined as the capacity to be attentive to the experience of others, to wish the best for others, and to sense what will truly serve others.
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Lea Seydoux
French Actress
I like a man who can respect a woman. When he's real attentive, I think that is very manly. To respect a woman is divine.
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Francis Alys
Belgian Artist
I am always fascinated by the way kids create their own world. That is something I am very attentive to anywhere I go.
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Simone Weil
French Philosopher
Humility is attentive patience.
Quote examples
Stephen Dobyns
American Poet
My poems always begin with a metaphor, but my way into the metaphor may be a word, an image, even a sound. And I rarely know the nature of the metaphor when I begin to write, but there is an attentiveness that a writer develops, a sudden alertness that is much like the feel of a fish brushing against a hook.
Quote examples
Tamera Mowry
American Actress
I just want to be there for my husband. I don't ever want him to think that he's not getting everything at home - love, attention, encouragement, a meal. I just want him to feel the best he feels at home. I think that's what a good wife is. Someone who is very attentive to her husband.
Quote examples
Jennifer Garner
American Actress
I am lucky to have had an attentive, curious and loving dad and heart-smart, down-to-earth, gifted mother. They changed the outlooks of their own lives and have never forgotten the people and organizations that helped them dream bigger than their circumstances should have allowed.
Quote examples
Rudolf Steiner
Austrian Philosopher
We know even from ordinary life that we have to achieve a sufficient degree of attentiveness if we want to concentrate on an inner picture or an object of some kind; we must also have it in our power, though, to turn our soul away from something we have been concentrating on.
Quote examples
Lamman Rucker
American Actor
When you learn how to be really attentive, you learn the importance of patience and appreciating a woman. You're able to appreciate the softness of her skin and the look in her eyes. It's a connection.
Quote examples
Nathan Fillion
Canadian Actor
Improv as an actor makes you present in the moment. You listen, you're attentive. You're not acting so much as reacting, which is what you're doing in life all the time.
Quote examples
Joan Halifax
American Activist
Compassion may be defined as the capacity to be attentive to the experience of others, to wish the best for others, and to sense what will truly serve others.
Quote examples
Lea Seydoux
French Actress
I like a man who can respect a woman. When he's real attentive, I think that is very manly. To respect a woman is divine.
Quote examples
Francis Alys
Belgian Artist
I am always fascinated by the way kids create their own world. That is something I am very attentive to anywhere I go.
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Simone Weil
French Philosopher
Humility is attentive patience.
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