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/fˈoʊkəsɪŋ/ /fˈoʊkɪsɪŋ/ Listen

Focusing

noun

The concentration of attention or energy on something. Synonyms: centering, direction, focal point, focus, focussing. "He had no direction in his life"

The act of bringing into focus. Synonyms: focalisation, focalization.

Focus

verb

(past & past part. focused or focussed; pres. part. focusing or focussing)

Direct one's attention on something. Synonyms: center, centre, concentrate, pore, rivet.

Cause to converge on or toward a central point.

Bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions. Synonyms: concenter, concentre, focalise, focalize.

Become focussed or come into focus. Synonyms: focalise, focalize.

Put (an image) into focus. Synonyms: focalise, focalize, sharpen.

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"Focusing" Quotes from Famous Books

... or so before, he had been peaceful and calm, entirely occupied with his duties in the great Temple of Pallas Athena. His mind gave a sudden, panic-stricken leap and he was back there again, standing at the rear of the vast room and focusing all of his strained attention ...

— Pagan Passions • Gordon Randall Garrett

... laboratories. Far beneath the surface of Tav, where the light-motes shone ghostly in the gloom, they came into a place of ceaseless activity, where there were tables crowded with instruments, coils of glass and metal tubing, and other equipment and supplies. These were the focusing point for ceaseless streams of the Folk. On a platform at the far end, Garin saw the tall son of the Ancient Ones working on a framework of metal and ...

— The People of the Crater • Andrew North