Word: Focusing
How to pronounce: ˈfəʊkəsɪŋ
Noun
Definitions:
1. The centre 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. An element of a sentence that is given prominence by intonational or other means.
Verb
Definitions:
1. 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 (an element of a sentence).
Synonyms:
focalization
focussing
Antonyms:
understand
realize
Derivations:
focus
focused
focusing
Keep in Mind
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Focusing in Other Languages...
Spanish: Centrar
German: Konzentrieren
French: Concentrer
Italian: Concentrare
Turkish: Odaklamak
