noun
- The concentration of attention or energy on something.
- usage: "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life"
- synonyms: focus, focussing, focal point, direction, centering
- The act of bringing into focus.
- synonyms: focalization, focalisation
verb
- Direct one's attention on something.
- usage: "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
- Cause to converge on or toward a central point.
- usage: "Focus the light on this image"
- synonyms: focus
- Bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions.
- Become focussed or come into focus.
- usage: "The light focused"
- Put (an image) into focus.
- usage: "Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie"
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