A man may be looking forward to regaining the undivided attention of his wife.
Each has received her undivided attention.
Give us, pray, the benefit of your undivided attention.
He had given his undivided attention to decorating his house for more than a week.
It was total, undivided submission that would permit the building of an egalitarian community.
Long, graceful leaves are divided into about twelve spindle-shaped leaflets with undivided margins, and a terminal leaflet.
Sovereignty is not an undivided thing.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto pay particular attention to a subject or person►pay attention to
· The government never pays any attention to pre-school education.pay special/particular attention to something· The investigators at the crash site are paying particular attention to the weather data.pay more attention to something· Previously the company payed much more attention to its investors than it did to its customers.not pay enough attention to something· Not enough attention is paid to the role of diet in illnesses such as cancer and heart disease.
►concentrate/focus on
to spend your time considering a particular subject, group etc, especially because you think it is more important than others: · Concentrate on the content of your report. You can worry about its format or appearance when you've finished writing.· The conference will focus on the issue of population control.
►turn your attention to
to begin to pay attention to someone or something different or new - used especially in written and formal contexts: · Amelia next turned her attention to finding herself a place to live.· Having dealt with the problem of energy sources, let's now turn our attention to the question of nuclear power.
►give something/somebody your undivided attention
to give all your attention to something or someone and not do anything else at the same time: · I worry about how Quincy's going to do in school - he can't sit still long enough to give anything his undivided attention.give your undivided attention to something: · Once I had finished my exams, I could give my undivided attention to looking for a job.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY►undivided attention
I’ll give the matter my undivided attention.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES►somebody’s full/complete/undivided attention
· He gave the task his undivided attention.
►undivided loyalty
(=loyalty that goes only to one person or group)· He has the undivided loyalty of Manchester United fans.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN►attention
· Give the telephone conversation your undivided attention.· Each has received her undivided attention.· Now able to give his undivided attention to Thome, Orosco walked him.· A man may be looking forward to regaining the undivided attention of his wife.· He had given his undivided attention to decorating his house for more than a week.· Give us, pray, the benefit of your undivided attention.· On the upside, I can safely say that I had the undivided attention of the class.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnoundividedivisionsubdivisionadjectivedivided ≠ undivideddivisible ≠ indivisibledivisiveverbdividesubdivide
1[usually before noun] complete: I’ll give the matter my undivided attention.2not separated into smaller parts: an undivided country