Describe the word focus

Noun



He’s successful, but he feels that his life lacks focus.



His life lacks a focus.

Verb



She has an amazing ability to focus for hours at a time.



I wasn’t able to focus the camera.



I wasn’t able to get the camera to focus.

Recent Examples on the Web



Papers describing this result and others related to the burst were published in a focus issue of The Astrophysical Journal Letters in March.


—Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 4 Apr. 2023




Wisconsin voters headed to the polls Tuesday in a high-stakes election for a swing seat on the state’s supreme court that has become the most expensive such judicial contest in U.S. history, demonstrating how state courts have become the focus of increasingly partisan politics.


—Ben Kesling, wsj.com, 4 Apr. 2023




There are a variety of workspaces, including focus pods and quieter places, for employees who face challenges working in more crowded environments.


—Megan Leonhardt, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2023




Follow the madness: Latest Men’s NCAA Tournament College Basketball Scores and Schedules The stop-and-start flow and defensive focus in the second half sparked memories of the Huskies’ 2011 championship game win against Butler.


—Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2023




But there are still plenty of colorful scenes and engaging performances to enjoy, not to mention overall potential if this story can just pull back a little and focus.


—Amber Dowling, Variety, 4 Apr. 2023




Then the focus turned to Miller’s insanity defense.


—Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 4 Apr. 2023




But most importantly and as the primary focus, the student-athletes.


—CBS News, 4 Apr. 2023




How did butter become your business focus?


—Kristine M. Kierzek, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2023



Photos must show each object in its entirety and must be clearly focused and well lighted to show detail.


—oregonlive, 5 Apr. 2023




Yet on Causeway, much of the Black and Gold fan base already has turned eyes to the playoffs, the Stanley Cup title that could be, rather than focusing on the bookkeeping, and possible record-breaking of the final five games.


—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Apr. 2023




Just concentrate on the main story without focusing on the slight misdirects at the top and bottom of the episodes, which run a blissfully brisk 30-ish minutes apiece.


—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2023




Roland Li covers commercial real estate for the business desk, focusing on the Bay Area office and retail sectors.


—Mallory Moench, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Apr. 2023




Candidates across the spectrum say that voters are tired of political toxicity and want to elect leaders who will focus on solutions.


—Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Apr. 2023




Simpson said the chain has a clear path of getting to 150 units within the next five years, but only through focusing over the food, and developing its next generation of leaders.


—William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 4 Apr. 2023




Fielding’s is a picaresque novel, an early literary genre which focuses on a roguish but lovable underdog hero on a series of adventures.


—Emma Dibdin, Town & Country, 4 Apr. 2023




Hayashi says that her version of face yoga focuses mainly on exercises that are done using the muscles of the face, rather than manually manipulating the face with the hands.


—Rachel Murphy, Verywell Health, 4 Apr. 2023


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noun, plural fo·cus·es or (especially British) fo·cus·ses, fo·ci [foh-sahy, -kahy]. /ˈfoʊ saɪ, -kaɪ/.

a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.

close attention or concentration: Some of the warning signs indicating you should pull over: drifting between lanes, repeated yawning, tailgating, and trouble maintaining focus.

the ability to concentrate one’s attention or to sustain concentration:Mindfulness and meditation are often suggested to help manage stress, increase awareness of emotions, and improve focus.

Physics. a point at which rays of light, heat, or other radiation meet after being refracted or reflected.

Optics.

  1. the focal point of a lens, on which rays converge or from which they deviate.
  2. the focal length of a lens; the distance from a focal point to a corresponding principal plane.
  3. the clear and sharply defined condition of an image.
  4. the position of a viewed object or the adjustment of an optical device necessary to produce a clear image: in focus; out of focus.

Geometry. (of a conic section) a point having the property that the distances from any point on a curve to it and to a fixed line have a constant ratio for all points on the curve.

Geology. the point of origin of an earthquake.

Pathology. the primary center from which a disease develops or in which it localizes.

verb (used with object), fo·cused, fo·cus·ing or (especially British) fo·cussed, fo·cus·sing.

to bring to a focus or into focus; cause to converge on a perceived point: to focus the lens of a camera.

to concentrate: to focus one’s thoughts;to focus troop deployment in the east.

verb (used without object), fo·cused, fo·cus·ing or (especially British) fo·cussed, fo·cus·sing.

to be or become focused: My eyes have trouble focusing on distant objects.

to direct one’s attention or efforts: Students must focus in class.

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Origin of focus

First recorded in 1635–45; Latin: “fireplace, hearth”

OTHER WORDS FROM focus

fo·cus·a·ble, adjectivefo·cus·er, nounmis·fo·cus, verb, mis·fo·cused, mis·fo·cus·ing or (especially British) mis·fo·cussed, mis·fo·cus·sing.mis·fo·cused, adjective

mis·fo·cussed, adjectiveo·ver·fo·cus, verb (used with object), o·ver·fo·cused, o·ver·fo·cus·ing or (especially British) o·ver·fo·cussed, o·ver·fo·cus·sing.re·fo·cus, verb, re·fo·cused, re·fo·cus·ing or (especially British) re·fo·cussed, re·fo·cus·sing.self-fo·cused; especially British, self-fo·cussed, adjectiveself-fo·cus·ing; especially British, self-fo·cus·sing, adjectiveun·fo·cus·ing; especially British, un·fo·cus·sing, adjectivewell-fo·cused; especially British, well-fo·cussed, adjective

Words nearby focus

Foch, foci, focometer, Focsani, fo’c’s’le, focus, focused strategy, focus group, focusing cloth, focus puller, fodder

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MORE ABOUT FOCUS

Where does focus come from?

What does the word focus bring to your mind? Maybe you think of a photograph that is clear and sharply defined. Or perhaps you recall a teacher tsk-tsking you to pay attention in class. But what about a fireplace?

Well, the word focus comes directly from the Latin focus, which meant “fireplace” or “hearth” (that is, the floor of a fireplace). This is what focus originally meant in English when the word entered the language around 1635–45, though that sense has been extinguished, as it were.

But the word focus burned on in other ways. As the 1600s unfolded, focus was given new meanings in the great scientific literature of that age, which were largely written in what’s known as New Latin. In the 1650s, the influential English philosopher and author Thomas Hobbes used focus for a kind of fixed point in geometry. So did Isaac Newton—you know, of gravity fame—in the 1690s.

Other applications of the word focus in the late 1600s came about in the fields of medicine and physics. In physics, a focus is “a point at which rays of light, heat, or other radiation meet after being refracted or reflected.” Perhaps you can imagine how a fireplace or a hearth—contained areas and sources of heat and light—was likened to such a point in math and science.

Dig deeper

The word focus took on a number of senses in optics, specifically “the point on a lens on which rays converge or from which they deviate.” A more familiar sense of focus is “the clear and sharply defined condition of an image,” as when the image isn’t blurry. Optics has also given us the expressions in focus and out of focus, which can be used both literally and figuratively.

From these various ideas of clarity and convergence in optics arises one of the more common, everyday ways we use the word focus today: “a central point, as a of attention, activity, or activity.” For example, Finding a cure for cancer was the focus of his long career. Focus also refers to ability to concentrate, as in The teacher felt the students struggled with their focus. These senses of focus had spread by the early 1800s, around when various verb forms of focus take off. The adjective form of focus is focal.

Did you know … ?

The Latin word focus became the general word for “fire” in the language’s descendants. Spanish fuego, French fue, Italian fuoco, Portuguese fogo, Romanian foco, to cite just the most spoken Romance languages—all of these words for “fire” come from the Latin focus.

So does another French word for a different part of the house: the foyer. A foyer refers to a lobby of a theater, hotel, or apartment house. In French, a foyer was originally a room to which theater audiences went for warmth between the acts.

There’s just something about a fireplace, isn’t there? Its magic wasn’t lost on the ancient Romans, either: focus was also extended to mean “home, family,” a metaphor also at work in English’s very own word hearth. Now that warms the heart, doesn’t it?

Words related to focus

focal point, spotlight, target, attract, concentrate, direct, fixate, meet, put, center, core, cynosure, headquarters, heart, hub, limelight, locus, polestar, seat, adjust

How to use focus in a sentence

  • In the intervening period, as we weighed the cost of our overall portfolio and strategic focus, we made the decision not to relaunch the service.

  • Several startups, including MJ Platform and BioTrack, are building similar platforms for this market, but Canix says the company’s focus on improving data entry makes it stand apart.

  • West Virginia environmental regulators are proposing to reduce the fines that a coal company owned by the state’s governor could pay for water pollution violations that are the focus of a federal court case.

  • Initially there may be a limited supply of vaccines available, and the focus will be on protecting health workers, other essential employees, and people in vulnerable groups.

  • However, different aspects vary based on the agency’s focus.

  • Back in New York, the slow pace and inward focus of her yoga practice was less fulfilling.

  • Stephanie Giorgio, a classical musician, credits The Class for helping her cope with anxiety, focus, fear, and self-doubt.

  • There is a particular focus in the magazine on attacking the United States, which al Qaeda calls a top target.

  • And too much of a focus on numbers can obscure strategic truths.

  • His wife passed away and they had kids, and he wanted to focus on being a dad so he just stopped to raise his kids.

  • Lessard’s high-handed squelching of MacRae had thrown everything out of focus.

  • William Weedham brought scowling eyes to focus upon Kip Burland.

  • It is doubtful if any woman had done as much to entice them to a common focus as the surmounting Mrs. Hofer.

  • Why the focus of the telescope should change during a long exposure is not quite clear.

  • Before beginning an exposure the focus is adjusted by means of a high-power positive eyepiece.

British Dictionary definitions for focus

noun plural -cuses or -ci (-saɪ, -kaɪ, -kiː)

a point of convergence of light or other electromagnetic radiation, particles, sound waves, etc, or a point from which they appear to diverge

optics the state of an optical image when it is distinct and clearly defined or the state of an instrument producing this imagethe picture is in focus; the telescope is out of focus

a point upon which attention, activity, etc, is directed or concentrated

geometry a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section, used when defining its eccentricity

the point beneath the earth’s surface at which an earthquake or underground nuclear explosion originatesCompare epicentre

pathol the main site of an infection or a localized region of diseased tissue

verb -cuses, -cusing, -cused, -cusses, -cussing or -cussed

to bring or come to a focus or into focus

(tr often foll by on) to fix attention (on); concentrate

Derived forms of focus

focusable, adjectivefocuser, noun

Word Origin for focus

C17: via New Latin from Latin: hearth, fireplace

Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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Scientific definitions for focus

Plural focuses or foci (fō′sī′, fō′kī′)

The degree of clarity with which an eye or optical instrument produces an image.

See focal point.

A central point or region, such as the point at which an earthquake starts.

Mathematics A fixed point or one of a pair of fixed points used in generating a curve such as an ellipse, parabola, or hyperbola.

The region of a localized bodily infection or disease.

The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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Other forms: focused; focusing; focuses; foci; focussing

Focus is something that camera lenses and sleepy students are always being asked to do. For cameras, it means finding a point where the subject is clear or «in focus.» For students, it means paying attention.

Focus is all about finding a center — of a parabolic curve, of a lens, of a meditative state. In Latin, focus meant ‘domestic hearth,’ which just goes to show that not much has changed — since kitchens remain the focus of the modern home. Focus can be used as a verb, as in «I need to focus on my work, so I can play video games later;» and as a noun, as in «What is the focus of this essay? I can’t tell, since the writer seems to be all over the place.»

Definitions of focus

  1. noun

    the concentration of attention or energy on something

    “the
    focus of activity shifted to molecular biology”

    synonyms:

    centering, direction, focal point, focusing, focussing

  2. noun

    special emphasis attached to something

  3. verb

    direct one’s attention on something

    “Please
    focus on your studies and not on your hobbies”

    synonyms:

    center, centre, concentrate, pore, rivet

    rivet

    hold (someone’s attention)

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    types:

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    absorb, engross, engulf, immerse, plunge, soak up, steep

    devote (oneself) fully to

    recall

    cause one’s (or someone else’s) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression

    think

    focus one’s attention on a certain state

    zoom in

    examine closely; focus one’s attention on

    hear, listen, take heed

    listen and pay attention

    drink, drink in

    be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to

    incline

    bend or turn (one’s ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well

    type of:

    cerebrate, cogitate, think

    use or exercise the mind or one’s power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments

  4. noun

    maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system

    “in
    focus”

    “out of
    focus”

  5. noun

    maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea

    “the controversy brought clearly into
    focus an important difference of opinion”

  6. verb

    put (an image) into focus

    “Please
    focus the image”

    synonyms:

    focalise, focalize, sharpen

  7. verb

    bring into focus or alignment; converge or cause to converge (of ideas or emotions)

  8. noun

    a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges

  9. noun

    a central point or locus of an infection in an organism

    “the
    focus of infection”

    synonyms:

    focal point, nidus

  10. verb

    cause to converge on or toward a central point

    “Focus the light on this image”

    see moresee less

    Antonyms:

    blur

    make less distinct or clear

    types:

    refocus

    focus once again; The physicist refocused the light beam»

    type of:

    sharpen

    make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper

  11. verb

    become focussed or come into focus

    “The light
    focused”

    synonyms:

    focalise, focalize

  12. noun

    a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin focus (“hearth, fireplace”); see there for more. Doublet of fuel.

Kepler introduced the term into mathematics and the sciences in describing elliptical orbits of planets (quote from Nicholas Mee) :
«One of the interesting properties of an ellipse is that if there were a light bulb at one focus, then all the light that it emits would reflect off the ellipse and converge at the other focus. This is why Kepler originally used the name focus for these points.»[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfəʊ.kəs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈfoʊ.kəs/
  • Rhymes: -əʊkəs

Noun[edit]

focus (countable and uncountable, plural foci or focuses or focusses)

  1. (countable, optics) A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.

    The heat of sunlight at the focus of a magnifying glass can easily set dry leaves on fire.

  2. (countable, geometry) A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge.
  3. (uncountable, photography, cinematography) The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.

    • 2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist:

      Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. […] A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale.

    Unfortunately, the license plate is out of focus in this image.

  4. (uncountable, photography, cinematography) The quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.

    During this scene, the boy’s face shifts subtly from soft focus into sharp focus.

  5. (uncountable) Concentration of attention.

    I believe I can bring the high degree of focus required for this important job.

  6. (countable, seismology) The exact point of where an earthquake occurs, in three dimensions (underneath the epicentre).

    The earthquake’s focus was at exactly 37 degrees north, 18 degrees south, seventy five meters below the ground.

  7. (graphical user interface) The status of being the currently active element in a user interface, often indicated by a visual highlight.

    Text entered at the keyboard or pasted from a clipboard is sent to the component which currently has the focus.

  8. (linguistics) The most important word or phrase in a sentence or passage, or the one that imparts information.
  9. An object used in casting a magic spell.
    • 2004, Marian Singer, Trish MacGregor, The Only Wiccan Spell Book You’ll Ever Need
      Candles, in fact, are an essential ingredient in many spells. They can be used as either the focus of the spell or as a component that sets the spell’s overall mood and tone.
    • 2014, Kristen S. Walker, Witch Gate (page 180)
      I ran through what I knew about spells from Mom and other witchcraft sources, but nothing matched what I was used to seeing in her magic work. Usually she used herbs and other plants as a focus for the spell.

Derived terms[edit]

  • focus hunting
  • focus lamp
  • focus lantern
  • focus puller
  • focus-group
  • laser focus
  • pull-focus
  • self-focus
  • virtual focus

Translations[edit]

in optics

  • Armenian: կիզակետ (hy) (kizaket)
  • Bulgarian: фокус (bg) m (fokus)
  • Catalan: focus (ca) m
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 焦點／焦点 (zh) (jiāodiǎn)
  • Czech: ohnisko (cs) n
  • Danish: fokus n
  • Dutch: focus (nl) m, brandpunt (nl) n
  • Esperanto: fokuso
  • Estonian: fookus
  • Finnish: fokus (fi), polttopiste (fi)
  • French: foyer (fr) m
  • German: Brennpunkt (de) m, Fokus (de) m
  • Hungarian: gyújtópont (hu), fókusz (hu)
  • Irish: fócas m
  • Italian: fuoco (it) m
  • Japanese: 焦点 (ja) (しょうてん, shōten)
  • Korean: 초점(焦点) (ko) (chojeom)
  • Kurdish:
    Northern Kurdish: tîşko (ku) f
  • Macedonian: фокус m (fokus)
  • Maori: ngahunga
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: fokus n, brennpunkt n
    Nynorsk: fokus n, brennpunkt n
  • Persian: فوکوس‎ (fokus), کانون‎ (fa) (kânun)
  • Polish: ognisko (pl)
  • Portuguese: foco (pt) m
  • Russian: фо́кус (ru) m (fókus), фока́льная то́чка f (fokálʹnaja tóčka)
  • Spanish: foco (es) m, punto focal m
  • Swedish: brännpunkt (sv) c, fokus (sv) n
  • Tagalog: katumbukan
  • Turkish: odak (tr)
  • Vietnamese: tiêu điểm (vi)

in mathematics

  • Bulgarian: фокус (bg) m (fokus)
  • Catalan: focus (ca) m
  • Danish: fokus n
  • Dutch: focus (nl) m, brandpunt (nl) n
  • Estonian: fookus
  • Finnish: polttopiste (fi), leikkauspiste (fi)
  • French: foyer (fr) m
  • German: Brennpunkt (de) m
  • Irish: fócas m
  • Italian: fuoco (it) m
  • Japanese: 焦点 (ja) (しょうてん, shōten)
  • Korean: 초점 (ko) (chojeom)
  • Macedonian: фокус m (fokus)
  • Maori: ngahunga
  • Portuguese: foco (pt) m
  • Russian: фо́кус (ru) m (fókus), фока́льная то́чка f (fokálʹnaja tóčka)
  • Spanish: foco (es) m
  • Tagalog: katumbukan
  • Vietnamese: tiêu điểm (vi)

concentration of attention

  • Arabic: بُؤْرَة‎ m (buʔra)
  • Catalan: focus (ca) m
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 集中 (zh) (jízhōng)
  • Danish: fokus n
  • Dutch: focus (nl) m
  • Esperanto: fokuso
  • Estonian: keskendus
  • Finnish: keskittyminen (fi)
  • French: attention (fr) f
  • German: Konzentration (de) f
  • Irish: fócas m, príomhchúram m
  • Japanese: 集中 (ja) (しゅうちゅう, shūchū)
  • Korean: 집중 (ko) (jipjung)
  • Malagasy: fifantohana (mg)
  • Maori: aronga
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: fokus n
    Nynorsk: fokus n
  • Oromo: hubannaa
  • Portuguese: foco (pt) m, enfoque (pt) m, concentração (pt) f
  • Romanian: concentrare (ro) f
  • Russian: концентра́ция (ru) f (koncentrácija), концентра́ция внима́ния f (koncentrácija vnimánija), сосредото́чение (ru) n (sosredotóčenije), средото́чие (ru) n (sredotóčije)
  • Spanish: foco (es) m
  • Swedish: fokus (sv)
  • Vietnamese: trọng tâm (vi)

exact point of where an earthquake occurs — see hypocentre

Verb[edit]

focus (third-person singular simple present focuses or focusses, present participle focusing or focussing, simple past and past participle focused or focussed)

  1. (intransitive, followed by on or upon) To concentrate during a task.

    I have to focus on my work.

  2. (transitive) To direct attention, effort, or energy to a particular audience or task.

    The president focused her remarks to the newcomers.

  3. (transitive) To cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point.

    • 1961 February, “Talking of Trains: Collision at Newcastle”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 75-76:

      The difficulties of focussing colour-light signals on curved tracks to ensure maximum sighting distance were underlined in the recent official report […] on a low-speed collision at Newcastle Central on July 25, 1960, between an unfitted freight and a diesel-hauled passenger train.

  4. (transitive) To adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the focal plane.
    You’ll need to focus the microscope carefully in order to capture the full detail of this surface.
  5. (intransitive) To concentrate one’s attention.
    If you’re going to beat your competitors, you need to focus.
  6. (computing, graphical user interface, transitive) To transfer the input focus to (a visual element), so that it receives subsequent input.
    The text box won’t receive the user’s keystrokes unless you explicitly focus it.
  7. (accounting, formerly) To aggregate figures of accounts.

    • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, published 1993, page 67:

      Whole pages of it are filled with masses of figures, generally single numbers added up in batches, and then the totals added in batches again, as though he were «focusing» some account, as the auditors put it.

Usage notes[edit]

The spellings focusses, focussing, focussed are more common in Commonwealth English than in American English, but in both varieties they are less common than the spellings focuses, focusing, focused.

Derived terms[edit]

  • focus group
  • in focus
  • out of focus
  • soft focus

[edit]

  • focal

Translations[edit]

to adjust (a lens, an optical instrument)

  • Arabic: please add this translation if you can
  • Bulgarian: фокусирам (fokusiram)
  • Catalan: enfocar (ca)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
  • Danish: fokusere
  • Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
  • Finnish: tarkentaa (fi)
  • French: mettre au point (fr)
  • German: fokussieren (de)
  • Hungarian: fókuszál (hu), fókuszba állít, élesre állít
  • Ido: enfokigar (io)
  • Irish: fócasaigh
  • Italian: mettere a fuoco
  • Japanese: ピントを合わせる (pinto wo awaseru)
  • Korean: please add this translation if you can
  • Portuguese: focalizar (pt)
  • Romanian: focaliza (ro)
  • Russian: фокуси́ровать (ru) impf (fokusírovatʹ), сфокуси́ровать (ru) pf (sfokusírovatʹ), наводить на фокус (navodít’ na fókus)
  • Spanish: enfocar (es)
  • Swedish: fokusera (sv), ställa in fokus, ställa in skärpan
  • Thai: please add this translation if you can
  • Ukrainian: фокусува́ти impf (fokusuváty), сфокусува́ти pf (sfokusuváty)
  • Vietnamese: điều chỉnh tiêu điểm

transitive: to concentrate one’s attention

  • Bulgarian: съсредоточавам се (sǎsredotočavam se), концентрирам се (koncentriram se)
  • Catalan: enfocar (ca)
  • Danish: fokusere på, koncentrere sig om
  • Finnish: keskittyä (fi) (+ illative), kiinnittää huomionsa, keskittää huomionsa (+ illative)
  • French: se concentrer (on/upon: sur)
  • German: sich konzentrieren (on/upon: auf), fokussieren (de)
  • Hungarian: összpontosít (hu), koncentrál (hu), fókuszál (hu)
  • Italian: concentrarsi (it) (on/upon: su (it))
  • Japanese: 集中する (ja) (shūchū suru) (on/upon: に (ja))
  • Latin: animadverto (la)
  • Macedonian: сосредоточува (sosredotočuva), концентри́ра (koncentríra)
  • Portuguese: focar (pt)
  • Romanian: se concentra (on/upon: pe/asupra)
  • Russian: концентри́ровать (ru) impf (koncentrírovatʹ), сконцентри́ровать (ru) pf (skoncentrírovatʹ), сосредото́чивать (ru) impf (sosredotóčivatʹ), сосредото́чить (ru) pf (sosredotóčitʹ)
  • Spanish: centrarse en (es), enfocar (es)
  • Swedish: fokusera (sv)
  • Turkish: odaklanmak (tr)
  • Vietnamese: tập trung (vi)

make (a liquid) less diluted

  • Bulgarian: сгъстявам (bg) (sgǎstjavam), концентрирам (bg) (koncentriram)
  • French: concentrer (fr)
  • Italian: concentrare (it)
  • Japanese: 濃縮する (ja) (nōshuku suru)
  • Portuguese: concentrar (pt)
  • Russian: концентри́ровать (ru) impf (koncentrírovatʹ), сконцентри́ровать (ru) pf (skoncentrírovatʹ)
  • Swedish: koncentrera (sv)

intransitive: to concentrate one’s attention

  • Belarusian: засяроджвацца impf (zasjaródžvacca), засяродзіцца pf (zasjaródzicca)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 集中 (zh) (jízhōng)
  • Danish: fokusere, koncentrere sig
  • Dutch: zich concentreren, focussen, zich focussen
  • Finnish: keskittyä (fi)
  • French: se concentrer, se focaliser
  • German: sich konzentrieren
  • Hungarian: összpontosít (hu), koncentrál (hu)
  • Irish: dírigh ar
  • Italian: concentrarsi (it)
  • Japanese: 集中する (ja) (shūchū suru)
  • Korean: 집중하다 (ko) (jipjunghada)
  • Latin: animadverto (la)
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: fokusere (no)
    Nynorsk: fokusere, fokusera
  • Polish: skupiać się (pl) impf, skupić się (pl) pf, skoncentrować się (pl) pf
  • Portuguese: focar-se
  • Romanian: se concentra
  • Russian: концентри́роваться (ru) impf (koncentrírovatʹsja), сконцентри́роваться (ru) pf (skoncentrírovatʹsja), сосредото́чиваться (ru) impf (sosredotóčivatʹsja), сосредото́читься (ru) pf (sosredotóčitʹsja)
  • Spanish: concentrarse (es)
  • Swedish: fokusera (sv), koncentrera sig
  • Ukrainian: зосереджуватися impf (zoseredžuvatysja), зосередитися pf (zoseredytysja)
  • Vietnamese: tập trung (vi)

to transfer the input focus to

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mee, Nicholas (2014) Gravity: Cracking the Cosmic Code, Virtual Image Publishing, →ISBN, page 74

Anagrams[edit]

  • Fusco

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin focus. Compare the inherited doublet foc.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈfɔ.kus/

Noun[edit]

focus m (plural focus)

  1. focus

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from New Latin focus. The figurative sense probably derives from English focus.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈfoː.kʏs/
  • Hyphenation: fo‧cus

Noun[edit]

focus m (plural focussen)

  1. (optics, physics) focus

    Zij plaatste een convexe lens op de focus.

    She placed a convex lense on the focus.
    Synonym: brandpunt
  2. (figurative) focus, centre

    Die jodocus heeft geen focus.

    That clown doesn’t have any focus.
  3. (linguistics) focus

    Focus is een belangrijk begrip in de informatiestructuur van zinnen.

    Focus is an important concept in the information structure of sentences.

Derived terms[edit]

  • focaal
  • focusafstand
  • focussen

[edit]

  • foyer

Descendants[edit]

  • Afrikaans: fokus

References[edit]

  1. ^ Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin focus, whence also Italian fuoco (an inherited doublet).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔ.kus/
  • Rhymes: -ɔkus
  • Hyphenation: fò‧cus

Noun[edit]

focus m (invariable)

  1. focus (all senses)

Anagrams[edit]

  • Fusco

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

  • The origin is uncertain. Usually connected with Old Armenian բոց (bocʿ).
  • Some connect this along with faciēs, facētus, fax to Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). In that case, cognate at the root level with Sanskrit भाति (bhā́ti), Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō, “to shine”), etc.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfo.kus/, [ˈfɔkʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfo.kus/, [ˈfɔːkus]

Noun[edit]

focus m (genitive focī); second declension

  1. fireplace, hearth
  2. firepan, coal pan, brazier
  3. (figuratively) house, family
  4. (Vulgar Latin) fire

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative focus focī
Genitive focī focōrum
Dative focō focīs
Accusative focum focōs
Ablative focō focīs
Vocative foce focī

Synonyms[edit]

  • (fire): ignis

Derived terms[edit]

  • focāceus
  • focācius
  • focārius
  • foculus

[edit]

  • focillare
  • foculare

Descendants[edit]

  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: foc, focu
    • Istro-Romanian: foc
    • Megleno-Romanian: foc
    • Romanian: foc
  • Dalmatian:
    • fuc
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Corsican: focu
    • Italian: fuoco
    • Neapolitan: fuoco
    • Sicilian: focu
  • Insular Romance:
    • Sardinian: fogu, focu
  • North Italian:
    • Gallo-Italic:
      • Emilian: fûg
      • Ligurian: fêugo
      • Lombard: fœg, fœi, fœv
      • Piedmontese: feu, feug
      • Romagnol: fug, fóg (Faenza, Imola)
    • Friulian: fûc
    • Istriot: fògo
    • Ladin: fech, fesc
    • Romansch: fieu, fiug
    • Venetian: fogo
      • → Byzantine Greek: φουγκού (phounkoú)
        • → Turkish: fufu
          • → Greek: φουφού (foufoú)
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: foc
    • Franco-Provençal: fuè
    • Old French: fu
      • Middle French: feu
        • French: feu
      • Tourangeau: fieuy
      • Walloon: feu
    • Old Occitan: foc, fuec, fuoc
      • Occitan: fuòc, fòc; fuec; hoec; huec
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Aragonese: fuego
    • Asturian: fueu, fuegu, ḥuego
    • Extremaduran: hueu
    • Mirandese: fuogo
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: fogo (see there for further descendants)
    • Old Spanish: fuego (see there for further descendants)

Borrowings:

  • → Catalan: focus
  • → Dutch: focus
  • → English: focus
  • → Esperanto: fokuso
  • → Finnish: fokus
  • → French: focus
  • → Galician: foco
  • → German: Fokus
  • → Italian: focus
  • → Portuguese: foco
  • → Russian: фо́кус (fókus)
  • → Spanish: foco
  • → Swedish: fokus

References[edit]

  • “focus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “focus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • focus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • focus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to fight for hearth and home: pro aris et focis pugnare, certare, dimicare
  • “focus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “focus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French focus or German Fokus.

Noun[edit]

focus n (plural focusuri)

  1. focus

Declension[edit]

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фокус, центр, очаг, средоточие, сфокусировать, фокусироваться

существительное ↓

- физ. фокус

in [out of] focus — в [не в] фокусе 
to check the focus — фокусировать 
the glasses are not at the right focus for me — бинокль и т. п. настроен не по моим глазам 
to bring into focus — а) поместить в фокусе; фокусировать; б) дать ясную картину (положения и т. п.); подчеркнуть (важность в чего-л.) 
focus puller — кино проф. ассистент кинооператора, производящий наводку на резкость 
focus range — диапазон фокусировки 

- мат. фокус (эллипса и т. п.)
- ярко освещённое пятно (на сцене)
- средоточие; центр

to be a focus of attention — привлекать к себе всеобщее внимание 
the focus of a disease — очаг болезни 
a focus of trouble between nations — узел международных противоречий 

- геол. фокус, очаг землетрясения

глагол ↓

- собирать в фокус; фокусировать

to focus opera-glasses to suit one’s sight — настроить бинокль (по глазам) 

- помещать в фокусе

to focus the sunrays on smth. with a burning-glass — сфокусировать зажигательным стеклом солнечные лучи на чём-л. 

- сосредоточивать (внимание и т. п.)

all eyes were focused on him — все взгляды были обращены на него 
to focus one’s attention [thoughts, efforts] on a matter — сосредоточить (на чём-л.) внимание [мысли, усилия] 

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Словосочетания

Примеры с переводом

Dave likes to be the focus of attention. 

Дейв любит быть в центре внимания.

All eyes were focused on the young actress. 

Все взоры были устремлены на эту молодую актрису.

I find it hard to focus when it’s so late at night. 

Мне очень трудно сосредоточиться так поздно ночью.

Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies 

Сосредоточьтесь, пожалуйста, на учёбе, а не на своих увлечениях.

His life lacks a focus. 

Его жизнь бесцельна.

All her energy was focused upon her children. 

Вся её энергия была сосредоточена на детях.

In tonight’s programme the focus is on vegetarian food. 

Гвоздём вечерней программы будет вегетарианская пища.

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Примеры, ожидающие перевода

…a time of year when people shouldn’t focus on fleshly concerns, but instead on spiritual matters…  

Для того чтобы добавить вариант перевода, кликните по иконке ☰, напротив примера.

Возможные однокоренные слова

focused  — фокусированный
focuser  — прибор для фокусировки, фокусировочный объектив, фокусирующее устройство
focusing  — установка на фокус, фокусировка, фокусирующий, сосредотачивающий
refocus  — найти новый фокус, перефокусировать, изменить направление, течение

Формы слова

verb
I/you/we/they: focus
he/she/it: focusses or focuses
ing ф. (present participle): focusing or focussin
2-я ф. (past tense): focused or focussed
3-я ф. (past participle): focused or focussed

noun
ед. ч.(singular): focus
мн. ч.(plural): focuses or foci

Источник

Ooohh my mind is so messed up today. * focus dear child focus* But then again, isn’t my mind is ALWAYS messed up? ❋ Natinski (2002)

I think my grandfather is trying to tell me something. * focus Nate focus* ❋ Natinski (2002)

As an example, the ease and power of spinning the control dial to adjust manual focus in combination with _*focus bracketing*_: O was a most pleasant surprise, and the combination is better than what is offered by many DSLRs. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I’m trying to focus on something specific to write. * focus Nate focus* Maybe I’ll do that tomorrow. ❋ Natinski (2002)

BASIC — (British American Security Information Council): Its main focus is on nuclear issues, but it has been active on the «small arms issue» for ten years. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But the main focus is the killer, who usually gets it in the end. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One of the department’s main focus is «Healthy Parks, Healthy You.» ❋ Unknown (2010)

«My main focus is making sure that people have options of high-quality care at the lowest possible price.» ❋ Unknown (2009)

Brooklyn Street Art: The journal’s main focus is in street and rrban art. ❋ Jaime Rojo (2010)

«I told people before the game, my main focus is to get to the hole and get fouled,» said Blatche who scored 23 points. ❋ Michael Lee (2010)

As always, the main focus is quality writing exploring the romance between the main characters and the development of their relationship. ❋ Unknown (2009)

My main focus is the 22 or 25 players who are going to be top prospects. ❋ Ewillett (2010)

I read the article about John Thune this morning and the GOP’s main focus is about stopping Obama and the Democrats. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Just like the AMA – only 20-24% of doctor’s belong to it their main focus is lobby. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The panel’s main focus is to estimate how much work it takes a physician to perform a given task. ❋ Anna Wilde Mathews (2010)

[you need] to focus ❋ Supergirl2126 (2010)

I got pissed and focussed my [board].
If you focus your board, you won’t be able to [skate] unless you’ve got a [spare] ❋ Slyder (2005)

Man breaks [skateboard] «Yo, i just focused my [deck]»
Asking someone to break [thier] skateboard «dude, just focus it»
«focusing my deck felt good» ❋ SNkI8CeKr (2006)

«Dude, [come on], just focus.»
«Did you just say ‘fuck [ass]?’ [Get away] from me!»
«What?!» ❋ Eric Bot (2003)

[Focus], Still [rocking] after all [these years]! ❋ Jeffd (2006)

I [fuckin] [focused] my [board] dude. ❋ Jorden Elliott (2007)

[i own] a focus ZX5, it was slow, then i put 15 grand and [overnight] parts from mars, and now its [lightning] quick. ❋ Lee (2005)

When I think of, talk to, or spend time with [Jen], I get very focused.
I have a lot of focus right now, because I am [on the phone] with [my baby]. ❋ A.C. Heart J.L.G. (2005)

I took a [Focus] for a [test drive]. I [floored it] and it went nowhere. ❋ Td (2004)

[hocus focus], now you see, now you see [it in] your rearview [mirror]! ❋ I Special (2006)

Источник

Meaning Focus

What does Focus mean? Here you find 75 meanings of the word Focus. You can also add a definition of Focus yourself

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See earthquake focus.

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Relationships Related Term:  acutance blur sharpness soft focus n. ~ 1. The sharpness of an image created by an optical system. — 2. The plane where an optical system causes light rays parallel to th [..]

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(1) A point at which converging rays of light meet after being refracted or reflected. (2) Focal point of a lens. (3) The clear and sharply-defined condition of an image, as in “This image is in foc [..]

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The point within the Earth which is the center of an earthquake, at which strain energy is first released and converted to elastic wave energy.

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1775 in optics, «bring into focus» (transitive); 1807 in the figurative sense, from focus (n.). Intransitive use by 1864, originally in photography. Related: Focused; focusing; less commonly [..]

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1640s, «point of convergence,» from Latin focus «hearth, fireplace» (also, figuratively, «home, family»), which is of unknown origin. Used in post-classical times for &qu [..]

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See hypocenter.

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The initial point within the Earth that ruptures in an earthquake, directly below the epicenter.

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To adjust the Distance setting on a lens or let an automatic focus device do it for you.

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To vary a Spot Light’s Beam size and Intensity. See: Flood, Spot, Focus Range, and Beam Angle.

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To ignore the pandemonium around you while you light.

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the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life" conce [..]

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to get a clear picture

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in an earthquake, the actual point within the crust where the energy was released.

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the visual component of point of view, the point from which people, events, and other details in a story are viewed; also called focalization. See also voice

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refers to the degree of sharpness or distinctness of an image (or an element of an image such as a person, object, etc.); as a verb, it refers to the manipulation or adjustment of the lens to create a [..]

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Point at which converging rays meet and at which a clearly defined image can be obtained.

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The center or region of the brain from which seizures begin; used in reference to partial seizures.

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Imaginary point used in parabolas, hyperbolas, and ellipses.

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Focus is a term that refers to information, in a sentence, that   is new is of high communicative interest is marked by stress typically occurs late in the sentence, and complements the presupposed i [..]

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the term that is used to describe the concentration and centring of our attention on a single stimulus.

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(2) the specific point of attention on stage at any moment created by the shaping of any aspect or aspects of the dramatic experience in such a way as to purposefully direct the attention of the audie [..]

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(3) personal concentration and commitment to the role and action.

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(n) — either of two fixed points located on the major axis of an ellipse; the place where an earthquake originates below Earth’s surface

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A means of moving the specimen closer or further away from the objective lens to render a sharp image.  On some microscopes, the stage moves and on others, the tube moves.  Rack and pinion focusing is the most popular and durable type.

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The point within the Earth at which the initial energy release of an earthquake occurs.

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A point at which light rays meet or from which rays of light appear to diverge.

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(countable) (optics) a point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.

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the most recently clicked window or component has the focus of the user’s attention. When a button in a frame has focus, the frame also has focus. Keystrokes are directed to the component with the f [..]

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(n) the concentration of attention or energy on something(n) maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system(n) maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea(n) a central po [..]

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A linguistic device which a speaker uses to mark some part of the message as being particularly newsworthy. Focus devices include: syntactic reorganisation, such as clefting. English example: It was S [..]

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Can imply: 1) convergence of the two eyes, 2) accommodation of the lenses of the two eyes, 3) tracking something by moving the eyes, 4) attending to something. [Click Here To Return To List]

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N M hearth| fireplace; altar; home| household| family; cook stove (Cal)

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The initial point within the Earth that ruptures in an earthquake, directly below the epicenter.

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The location where an earthquake begins. Rock ruptures at this spot, then seismic waves radiate outward in all directions.

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Maintaining concentrated thought on a particular idea or action.

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 The point of fracture of rocks at depth within the Earth, giving rise to earthquakes. These are classified as shallow (<70 km), intermediate (70 – 300 km) and deep (>300 km).

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A collection of courses or academic experiences grouped by an academic program to provide increased attention to a subject area. An focus may reside within a concentration, cognate or track. The group [..]

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Definition: (FO-kus) Plural: foci. (FO-kie) Adj: focal. (FO-kull) The origin or center of a disease that has spread to other tissues or organs.

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The location where an earthquake begins. Rock ruptures at this spot, then seismic waves radiate outward in all directions. more details…

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Finding Our Community, Understanding Self – Adventure-based, experiential education program built on life-skill development.

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The adjustment of the lens to make a subject or scene appear crisp in an image.

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Refers to the ‘sharpness’ of an image.

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A strong, precise sense of image projection.

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Causing light to form a point, or sharp image on the image sensor or film.

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The point at which light rays converge; the act of adjusting an optical system so that the light from the subject converges at the focal plane. Subjects that are in focus are sharply detailed, while s [..]

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An object in focus has a sharp and well-defined image. Focus is mainly affected by the lens of the camera, the projector, and our eye. See DEPTH OF FIELD

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REACTION SHOT

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The point where rays of light from a lens converge to form a sharp image.

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Sharp rendering, that is, the maximum definition of an object or subject on the film plane. This is achieved by correct optical adjustment for the distance between the object or subject and the film plane.

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A position where rays of light converge through a lens to create a sharp image. (This position is sometimes also called an «image point».) «To focus» means adjusting the distance s [..]

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Lens control. Once the field of view is determined for the scene of interest, you need to focus the objects in the scene sharply. Use focus control for this. Make sure that field of depth is related t [..]

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The sharpness of an image and adjustments made on the camera to achieve it.

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How sharp the subject is. There are usually choices of focusing modes. Auto-Focus means the camera focuses for you.

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Focus means to adjust a lens to allow objects at various distances from the camera to be sharply defined.

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The way the camera photographs the subject. Deep focus will have everything in the frame in focus. Shallow focus will concentrate the eye on a particular point of interest by leaving the rest of the f [..]

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Simply put, this is the act of adjusting a lens in order to produce a sharp image. More technically, what happens is that focal length is minutely adjusted to bring a desired subject into sharpness, thus “focused”. There are several types of focus:

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the point where light rays originating from a point on the object converge. Read more.

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position in which rays of light from a lens converge to form a sharp image.

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A point at which converging rays of light meet after being refracted or reflected. An «in focus» image is something that is sharp and well defined.

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The focus, or focal point, of a lens is the point onto which collimated light parallel to the axis is focused. Although the focus is conceptually a point, physically, the focus has a spatial extent, called the Airy disc, or blur circle, due to the width of the aperture of the imaging optics.

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In the study of linguistic information structure, focus refers to the portion of a proposition that represents new information that the speaker asserts.

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The gaze of the eye.  It is also used in dance to refer to internal or external focus.  Internal focus is awareness of sensations inside the body.  External focus is full attention to the space out [..]

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Flavour of the Month i.e. the champions,items,strategies, etc. that are popular at the time.

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A warm, dry, wind blowing down the leeward slope of a mountain and across a valley floor or plain.

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(1) The most important skill in Magic’s gameplay: staying present in the game and minimizing distractions. (2) As opposed to a «balanced deck;» a focused deck is centered on a particular strategy.

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Point at which rays of light passing through a lens meet.

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Also known as the hypocentre, the focus of an earthquake is the point on the fault plane where rupture began. This point is defined by latitude, longitude, and depth.

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A state of mind which is cultivated by the martial artist giving the ability to concentrate only on ones goal.

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the location within Earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs

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the fixed point or points in the plane that determine a conic section

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The area inside the Earth where an earthquake happened. Also known as the Hypocenter.

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Synonymous with Phase.

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A control that converges beams to produce a sharp display.

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(countable,optics) A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.

(The heat of sunlight at the focus of a magnifying glass can easily set dry leaves on fire.)

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Worrisome thoughts and their resulting feelings are a form of self strangulation. They not only strangle your emotions. They affect your physical life as well, and your ability to focus and get things done.

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FOCUS

Via New Latin from Latin: hearth, fireplace.

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PRONUNCIATION OF FOCUS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOCUS

Focus is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb focus in English.

WHAT DOES FOCUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Focus

Focus, FOCUS, or foci may refer to: In science, mathematics or computing: ▪ Focus, selectively concentrating on one aspect of the environment while ignoring other things ▪ Focus, which of a number of GUI elements currently accepts keyboard input ▪ Focus, a point toward which light rays are made to converge ▪ Focus, a concept referring to the way information in one phrase relates to information that has come before ▪ Focus, an earthquake’s underground point of origin or hypocenter ▪ FOCUS, a database reporting program ▪ FOCUS, a CPU architecture ▪ Helicon Focus, an image software program ▪ Focus, a focus of a conic section ▪ Samsung Focus, a smartphone manufactured by Samsung which runs Microsoft Windows Phone…


Definition of focus in the English dictionary

The first definition of focus in the dictionary is a point of convergence of light or other electromagnetic radiation, particles, sound waves, etc, or a point from which they appear to diverge. Other definition of focus is the state of an optical image when it is distinct and clearly defined or the state of an instrument producing this image. Focus is also a point upon which attention, activity, etc, is directed or concentrated.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FOCUS

PRESENT

Present

I focus

you focus

he/she/it focuses

we focus

you focus

they focus

Present continuous

I am focusing

you are focusing

he/she/it is focusing

we are focusing

you are focusing

they are focusing

Present perfect

I have focused

you have focused

he/she/it has focused

we have focused

you have focused

they have focused

Present perfect continuous

I have been focusing

you have been focusing

he/she/it has been focusing

we have been focusing

you have been focusing

they have been focusing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I focused

you focused

he/she/it focused

we focused

you focused

they focused

Past continuous

I was focusing

you were focusing

he/she/it was focusing

we were focusing

you were focusing

they were focusing

Past perfect

I had focused

you had focused

he/she/it had focused

we had focused

you had focused

they had focused

Past perfect continuous

I had been focusing

you had been focusing

he/she/it had been focusing

we had been focusing

you had been focusing

they had been focusing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will focus

you will focus

he/she/it will focus

we will focus

you will focus

they will focus

Future continuous

I will be focusing

you will be focusing

he/she/it will be focusing

we will be focusing

you will be focusing

they will be focusing

Future perfect

I will have focused

you will have focused

he/she/it will have focused

we will have focused

you will have focused

they will have focused

Future perfect continuous

I will have been focusing

you will have been focusing

he/she/it will have been focusing

we will have been focusing

you will have been focusing

they will have been focusing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would focus

you would focus

he/she/it would focus

we would focus

you would focus

they would focus

Conditional continuous

I would be focusing

you would be focusing

he/she/it would be focusing

we would be focusing

you would be focusing

they would be focusing

Conditional perfect

I would have focus

you would have focus

he/she/it would have focus

we would have focus

you would have focus

they would have focus

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been focusing

you would have been focusing

he/she/it would have been focusing

we would have been focusing

you would have been focusing

they would have been focusing

Conditional or «future-in-the-past» tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you focus
we let´s focus
you focus

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Present Participle

focusing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FOCUS

Synonyms and antonyms of focus in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS OF «FOCUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «focus» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «focus» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOCUS

Find out the translation of focus to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of focus from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «focus» in English.

Translator English — Chinese


焦点

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English — Spanish


foco

570 millions of speakers

English


focus

510 millions of speakers

Translator English — Hindi


फोकस

380 millions of speakers

Translator English — Arabic


مَرْكَز

280 millions of speakers

Translator English — Russian


фокус

278 millions of speakers

Translator English — Portuguese


foco

270 millions of speakers

Translator English — Bengali


কেন্দ্রবিন্দু

260 millions of speakers

Translator English — French


centre

220 millions of speakers

Translator English — Malay


Tumpuan

190 millions of speakers

Translator English — German


Brennpunkt

180 millions of speakers

Translator English — Japanese


焦点

130 millions of speakers

Translator English — Korean


초점

85 millions of speakers

Translator English — Javanese


Fokus

85 millions of speakers

Translator English — Vietnamese


trọng tâm

80 millions of speakers

Translator English — Tamil


கவனம்

75 millions of speakers

Translator English — Marathi


फोकस

75 millions of speakers

Translator English — Turkish


odak

70 millions of speakers

Translator English — Italian


centro

65 millions of speakers

Translator English — Polish


ognisko

50 millions of speakers

Translator English — Ukrainian


фокус

40 millions of speakers

Translator English — Romanian


punct central

30 millions of speakers

Translator English — Greek


εστία

15 millions of speakers

Translator English — Afrikaans


fokus

14 millions of speakers

Translator English — Swedish


fokus

10 millions of speakers

Translator English — Norwegian


fokus

5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of focus

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOCUS»

The term «focus» is very widely used and occupies the 1.894 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.

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FREQUENCY

Very widely used

The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «focus» in the different countries.

Principal search tendencies and common uses of focus

List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «focus».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOCUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «focus» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «focus» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about focus

10 QUOTES WITH «FOCUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word focus.

Fortunately, both television adaptations and the film I’ve been involved with are pieces of work that I’m proud of, so I’m very happy for people to focus on them.

I believe the biggest themes of life are put into the best focus when held up against the very sharp light of mortality.

I can’t spend a lot of time worrying about the numbers at home. I’ve got to focus on the mission.

I’m quite discreet. I think I’d rather focus on my work. So, I only speak when I have something to say. ‘Live hidden, and live happy.’ Is that the same in English as it is in French?

What I am saying every day to Malawians is that time has come for us to move from aid to trade. We have picked several sectors that we think we can focus on immediately in order for us to grow our economy. So we have decided to diversify agriculture, we decided to develop our tourism sector, we have decided to develop our mining sector.

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.

Worrisome thoughts and their resulting feelings are a form of self strangulation. They not only strangle your emotions. They affect your physical life as well, and your ability to focus and get things done.

I have never chosen my next job. I focus on what’s in front of me, and serendipity steps in.

I was a pretty angry kid, and I got into military history largely as a way to vent my own anger. As I got older it narrowed down to a more specific focus on individual violence. I’m just trying to understand where it came from.

My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOCUS»

Discover the use of focus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to focus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

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Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence

Ultimately, Focus calls upon readers not only to pay attention to what matters most to them personally, but also to turn their attention to the pressing problems of the wider world, to the powerless and the poor, and to the future, not just …

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Focus: Use Different Ways of Seeing the World for Success …

Examining how promotion/prevention focus applies across a wide range of situations—from selling products to managing employees to raising children to getting a second date—Halvorson and Higgins show us how to identify, change, and use …

Heidi Grant Halvorson Ph.D., E. Tory Higgins Ph.D., 2013

A reticent personnel manager living with his mother, Mr Newman shares the prejudices of his times and of his neighbours — and neither a Hispanic woman abused outside his window nor the persecution of the Jewish store owner he buys his paper …

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Focus: Music of South Africa

Provides a look at the wide spectrum of South African music, a musical culture that epitomizes the enormous ethnic, religious, linguistic, class, and gender diversity of the nation itself.

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Focus: Gamelan Music of Indonesia

This is an introduction to the familiar music of Indonesia — both as sounds and cultural phenomena.

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Focus: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student …

The introduction states: «[T]he only reason our schools haven’t made astonishing progress in the last 30 years of «reform» is quite simple: very few schools ever implemented ‘what is essential’—the most powerful, simple actions and …

Michael J. Schmoker, 2011

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Find Your Focus Zone: An Effective New Plan to Defeat …

Where did my day go? How did it get so late? I feel like I’m being pulled in too many directions at once. If only there were two of me, I could get it all done. If this is you at the end of the day, you are not alone.

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FOCUS on College Success

Written by Constance Staley, one of the best-known names in the field of motivation, this text increases the credibility of the college success course by providing tools that help students succeed and thereby improve institutional retention …

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Focus: Linguistic, Cognitive, and Computational Perspectives

This collection of papers examines the theoretical, psychological and descriptive approaches to focus.

Peter Bosch, Rob van der Sandt, 1999

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The Open-Focus Brain: Harnessing the Power of Attention to …

This breakthrough book presents a disarmingly simple idea: The way we pay attention in daily life can play a critical role in our health and well-being.

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOCUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term focus is used in the context of the following news items.

Clinton to Criticize Businesses’ Focus on Quick Profits — Newsweek

Clinton to Criticize Businesses’ Focus on Quick Profits. By Reuters 7/11/15 at 4:09 PM. Clinton_0711. U.S.. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton … «Newsweek, Jul 15»

Hillary Clinton Will Set Out a Progressive Economic Vision and …

… saying she would focus primarily on growing middle class incomes instead of gross domestic product, the traditional metric of an economy’s … «TIME, Jul 15»

After Trump Drama, Focus Shifts to Miss USA Contestants — ABC News

But as women from across the country take the stage Sunday, organizers hope the focus will finally shift to the talented women taking part in the … «ABC News, Jul 15»

Flint Hill named a Georgia Focus School — CovNews

The Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) today announced that Flint Hill Elementary School has been named a 2015 Focus School, … «Covington News, Jul 15»

Provorov’s focus unwavering in quest for NHL career — Courier-Post

Provorov’s focus unwavering in quest for NHL career. The Russian defenseman, whom the Flyers took seventh overall, may get there soon. «Cherry Hill Courier Post, Jul 15»

Pluto’s Mysterious Dark Splotches Come Into Focus — Gizmodo

At this point, it’s safe to say that we’re going to be receiving a new ‘highest resolution image ever’ of Pluto on a close to 24 hour basis. «Gizmodo, Jul 15»

MPMS leaves Focus School List — Thomasville Times-Enterprise …

THOMASVILLE — MacIntyre Park Middle School (MPMS) has been removed from the Georgia Department of Education Focus School List. «Times-Enterprise, Jul 15»

Pass set to make college decision, keep focus on football | Carver …

The most important thing, he said, was making a decision prior to the start of his senior football season so that he could focus on what he does … «Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Jul 15»

Hmong language and culture is focus of summer program for kids : Ct

At the camp, each morning generally consists of reading in the Hmong language and cultural activities while the afternoons focus on core … «Madison.com, Jul 15»

Kid Spokesman for Focus on The Family Wants SCOTUS Put in …

Focus on the Family’s latest temper tantrum over the arrival of nationwide marriage equality might be its most desperate yet. «Advocate.com, Jul 15»

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