undivided/full/complete attention
idiom
: concentration on what someone is doing or saying
Please give the speaker your undivided/full/complete attention.
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True care involves deep active listening—giving full attention, acknowledging feelings and responding with compassion.
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Angela Cusack, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
This allows children to express their emotions—ultimately leading to secure attachment and emotional intelligence—so when your child wants to talk to you, try to make an effort to give them your full attention.
—Taylor Grothe, Parents, 26 Feb. 2025
A day when people from all walks of life set aside their differences and focus their undivided attention on the prognostication abilities of a subterranean rodent.
—Andrew Torgan, CNN, 2 Feb. 2025
Lamar delivered a Super Bowl performance wholly unlike any other before it, in which the aim was not to summon nostalgia or comfort but to demand full attention and active listening from his audience.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 10 Feb. 2025
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Angela Cusack, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
This allows children to express their emotions—ultimately leading to secure attachment and emotional intelligence—so when your child wants to talk to you, try to make an effort to give them your full attention.
—Taylor Grothe, Parents, 26 Feb. 2025
A day when people from all walks of life set aside their differences and focus their undivided attention on the prognostication abilities of a subterranean rodent.
—Andrew Torgan, CNN, 2 Feb. 2025
Lamar delivered a Super Bowl performance wholly unlike any other before it, in which the aim was not to summon nostalgia or comfort but to demand full attention and active listening from his audience.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Undivided/full/complete attention.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undivided%2Ffull%2Fcomplete%20attention. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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