allures

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One of the big allures of working for Google as an engineer is doing something that gets millions of views.

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Quick take

The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of allures gathered in one view.

noun

The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.

noun

The walkway along the top of a castle wall, sometimes entirely covered and normally behind a parapet; the wall walk.

verb

(transitive) To entice; to attract.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for allures.

noun

The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.

noun

The walkway along the top of a castle wall, sometimes entirely covered and normally behind a parapet; the wall walk.

verb

(transitive) To entice; to attract.

noun

(dated) Gait; bearing.

Example sentences

One of the big allures of working for Google as an engineer is doing something that gets millions of views.

I think that one of the allures of the blockchain is that it’s publicly visible.

Isn't one of the biggest allures to having a diesel truck is being able to roll coal?

He allures to it in the article but DS might be first in a genre of similarly immersive experiences.

In my view, these issues are not orthogonal, but related in exactly opposite way that article author allures to.

One of the allures of academia is the prospect of doing fundamental research.

The policy that led to the housing bubble was a pernicious trade, basically politicians bribing the bankers (for votes) with allures of money, and bribing the lower-middle classes (for votes) with allures of new credit.

I've yet to build anything that interacts with the Heroku API, so creating an app that does so allures me.

The allures of fusion is its lack of ability to meltdown, global abundance of fuel, and the ability to choose what elements get activated.

This is one of the allures of Forza Horizon for me.

So yeah, you’re just slimy advertisers, stop having Shakespearean allures.

There is plenty of literature about one of the main allures (and perils) of moving to the city: being free from your neighbours’ judgement and relationships.

Quote examples

The website allures to "skill generation" so arguably they are doing some level of code generation.

This is the page Wikipedia gives you when searching "Ether", as gateway allures to.

The "new" internet allures people with more "passive" participation vs the active participation that was often demanded by forums and IRC channels.

This is like saying, "One of the allures of acting is the prospect of being famous and sleeping with lots of fans." On the one hand it's true; on the other, it's very unlikely.