Word: Focus
How to pronounce: ˈfəʊkəs
Noun
Definitions:
1. The center of interest or activity.
Example sentences: "This generation has made the environment a focus of attention"
2. The state or quality of having or producing clear visual definition.
Example sentences: "His face is rather out of focus"
3. One of the fixed points from which the distances to any point of a given curve, such as an ellipse or parabola, are connected by a linear relation.
Example sentences: "The circumcircle of a triangle formed by three tangents to a parabola, passes through the focus of the parabola."
4. The part of a sentence given prominence, usually for emphasis or contrast, e.g., Bob in it was Bob who came, not Bill.
Intransitive verb
Definitions:
1. (of a person or their eyes) adapt to the prevailing level of light and become able to see clearly.
Example sentences: "Try to focus on a stationary object"
2. Pay particular attention to.
Example sentences: "The study will focus on a number of areas in Wales"
3. Place the focus on (a part of a sentence).
Synonyms:
attention
focus point
stress
concentrate
focalize
focalization
centre
center
central
centering
hub
heart
orientate
nidus
locus
seat
focussing
sharpness
sharpen
epicenter
ground zero
direction
core
nucleus
base
nexus
fasten
Antonyms:
understand
realize
Derivations:
focused
focal
focusing
Keep in Mind
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Focus in Other Languages...
Spanish: Centrar
German: Fokus
French: Concentrer
Italian: Concentrare
Turkish: Odak
