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Focus   /fˈoʊkəs/  /fˈoʊkɪs/   Listen
Focus

noun
(pl. E. focuses, L. foci)
1.
The concentration of attention or energy on something.  Synonyms: centering, direction, focal point, focusing, focussing.  "He had no direction in his life"
2.
Maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system.  "Out of focus"
3.
Maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea.
4.
A central point or locus of an infection in an organism.  Synonyms: focal point, nidus.
5.
Special emphasis attached to something.  Synonym: stress.
6.
A point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges.  Synonym: focal point.
7.
A fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section.
verb
(past & past part. focused or focussed; pres. part. focusing or focussing)
1.
Direct one's attention on something.  Synonyms: center, centre, concentrate, pore, rivet.
2.
Cause to converge on or toward a central point.  Antonym: blur.
3.
Bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions.  Synonyms: concenter, concentre, focalise, focalize.
4.
Become focussed or come into focus.  Synonyms: focalise, focalize.  Antonym: blur.
5.
Put (an image) into focus.  Synonyms: focalise, focalize, sharpen.  Antonym: blur.



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"Focus" Quotes from Famous Books



... sir," replied the officer, with a chuckle; and he did watch, with close attention and great interest, while Thorndyke laid the glass slips on the microscope stage and proceeded to focus. ...
— The Red Thumb Mark • R. Austin Freeman
... Harold realized that here was his opportunity: in one stroke, one easy shot, he could turn the day's ignominy into triumph. He could focus Virginia's admiration upon himself. But the impulse had even deeper significances. It was not the way of sportsmen, wandering in file on mountain trails, to clamor for the first shot at game. Whatever is said is usually in solicitation to a companion to shoot; and Virginia felt oddly ...
— The Snowshoe Trail • Edison Marshall
... shop on the corner is the political and social focus of the neighbourhood. I shall never forget the pallid and ghastly countenance of the newsdealer when the rumour first went the rounds that "Hampy" was elected. Every evening a little gathering of local sages meets in the shop; on tilted chairs, in a haze of tobacco, ...
— Pipefuls • Christopher Morley
... recalled her to the game, and she made an effort to focus her attention on the cards. But it was quite useless. Her play grew wilder and more erratic with each hand that was dealt, until at last a good no-trump call, completely thrown away by her disastrous tactics, brought the rubber ...
— The Moon out of Reach • Margaret Pedler
... of thought or thought of having a thought. He not only puts a microscope to his eyes to know with, but his eyes have ingrown microscopes. The microscope has become a part of his eyes. He cannot see anything without putting it on a slide, and when his microscope will not focus it, and it cannot be reduced and explained, he explains that ...
— The Lost Art of Reading • Gerald Stanley Lee


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