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English to English noun
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the concentration of attention or energy on something |  | Example: the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology
he had no direction in his life
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maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system | | Example: in focus
out of focus
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maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea | | Example: the controversy brought clearly into focus an important difference of opinion
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a central point or locus of an infection in an organism | | Example: the focus of infection
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special emphasis attached to something | | Example: the stress was more on accuracy than on speed
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a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges | | source: wordnet30
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a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section | | source: wordnet30
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A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refracted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror. | | source: webster1913
verb
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direct one's attention on something | | Example: Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies
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cause to converge on or toward a central point | | Example: Focus the light on this image
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bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions | | source: wordnet30
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become focussed or come into focus | | Example: The light focused
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put (an image) into focus | | Example: Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie
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To bring to a focus; to focalize; as, to focus a camera. | | source: webster1913
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