at-ten-shun

English edit

Respelling of attention to show the stress pattern.

(US, military) Used to bring a marching band or group of soldiers to attention.
- 1906, Joseph Edgar Crowell, The Young Volunteer: The Everyday Experiences of a Soldier Boy in the Civil War‎^[1]:
  "At-ten-shun !" commanded he, with that peculiar inflexion only attainable after considerable service.
- 2003, “Family Fare”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:
  At-ten-SHUN! ¶ The United States Marine Corps wants your children.