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How to pronounce fascination in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms captivation, enchantment, enthrallment
Type of liking
Derivation fascinate
Type Words
Synonyms captivation
Type of enchantment, spell, trance
Derivation fascinate
Type Words
Type of attraction, attractiveness
Derivation fascinate


he held the children spellbound with magic tricks and other fascinations.

Examples of fascination

fascination
Toledo attributes many of her technical advances to a fascination with machines.
From the time.com
I honestly don't understand the fascination with Kenyan distance runningsuccess.
From the guardian.co.uk
Pietersen's relationship with his team-mates remains the subject of fascination.
From the independent.co.uk
Given our fascination with celebrity, that won't happen here and that's too bad.
From the sacbee.com
It's to Mary that we and the movie keep returning with sympathy and fascination.
From the sfgate.com
The fascination lies not in who wins or loses but in how hysterically they play.
From the time.com
Fascination and awe as one woman actually bought several pairs of old underwear.
From the kansas.com
Mailer had always had the hipster's fascination with outlaws, including himself.
From the time.com
The fascination was the light years separating club enthusiast and visiting pro.
From the independent.co.uk
More examples
  • The state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror)
  • Captivation: a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual
  • The capacity to attract intense interest; "he held the children spellbound with magic tricks and other fascinations"
  • (fascinate) intrigue: cause to be interested or curious
  • (fascinate) to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe; "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra"
  • (fascinate) capture: attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"
  • Fascination! is an EP released by British synthpop band The Human League in 1983. The EP was issued by Virgin Records as a stop-gap release in between the albums Dare! and Hysteria.
  • Fascination is a 1922 silent film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring his then wife Mae Murray. The story was an original one for the screen by Edmund Goulding, soon to be a prolific film director. The story captilizes on Murray's continuing forays into outlandish costume dramas. ...
  • "Fascination" is a popular waltz song with music (1904) by Fermo Dante Marchetti and lyrics (1905) by Maurice de Fu00E9raudy (English lyrics by Dick Manning)...