focus
plural
1.
2.
3. A center of interest or activity. See synonyms at center.
4. Close or narrow attention; concentration: "He was forever taken aback by [New York's] pervasive atmosphere of purposefulnessthe tight focus of its drivers, the brisk intensity of its pedestrians" (Anne Tyler).
5. A condition in which something can be clearly apprehended or perceived: couldn't get the problem into focus.
6. Pathology. The region of a localized bodily infection or disease.
7. Geology. The point of origin of an earthquake.
8. Mathematics. A fixed point whose relationship with a directrix determines a conic section.
verb
focused
3. To direct toward a particular point or purpose: focused all their attention on finding a solution to the problem.
3.
[Latin, hearth.]
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