Focus Meaning and Definition

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