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Focussing

noun

1.

The concentration of attention or energy on something. Synonyms: centering, direction, focal point, focus, focusing. "He had no direction in his life"

Focus

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.

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.

5.

Put (an image) into focus. Synonyms: focalise, focalize, sharpen.

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"Focussing" Quotes from Famous Books

... was then that he called out, impressively, the name of Ralph Forrester Hambleton. Summa cum laude! Suddenly I was seized with passionate, vehement regrets at the sound of the applause. I might have been the prize scholar, instead of Ralph, if I had only worked, if I had only realized what this focussing day of graduation meant! I might have been a marked individual, with people murmuring words of admiration, of speculation concerning the brilliancy of my future!... When at last my name was called and I rose to receive my diploma it seemed as though my incompetency ...

— The Crossing • Winston Churchill

... main roads spread into branch roads which ended in the ganglia of supply depots, all kept in touch by the network of wires focussing through different headquarters to Westerling. In this conquered territory with its face of desolation there were no fighting men except reserves or convalescents on their way to the front. All the rest were wounded or dead or occupied in the routine of supply and ...

— The Last Shot • Frederick Palmer

... has dominated college thinking this last term, focussing its avenging eyes upon that Dowry System which works debt and eventual ruin in many a South Indian home. Pushpam has seen the family struggles that have accompanied the marriages of her older sisters; the "cares of the world" that have pressed until all the joy ...

— Lighted to Lighten: The Hope of India • Alice B. Van Doren

... the habitations of the people crowd the space. From the monasteries and the castles that crown the heights, both distant and near to the clustered villages of the plain and those clinging to the hillsides, the scene is one unending panorama of human life. For Naples is only the focussing point of these densely populated regions of Southern Italy. The city stretches along the coast on both sides her semicircular bay; but the terraced hills, the stretches of land beyond, and every peak and valley are thickly sown with human habitations. Its commanding heights, two of which rise ...

— Italy, the Magic Land • Lilian Whiting

... purely political literature on the Irish problem has been increasing during the past few years, and there is room for a book which aims at focussing attention upon some aspects of it which the mere politician is apt to pass lightly over or to ignore altogether. Like most of Mr Kettle's work, the book bears the impress of his individuality, and, to many ...

— The Open Secret of Ireland • T. M. Kettle

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