Synonym: adjust, concentrate. Similar words: focus on, focussed, jocund, document, accuse, excuse, innocuous, discuss. Meaning: ['fəʊkəs] 
n. 1. the concentration of attention or energy on something 2. maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system 3. maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea 4. a central point or locus of an infection in an organism 5. special emphasis attached to something 6. a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges 7. a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section. v. 1. direct one's attention on something 2. cause to converge on or toward a central point 3. bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions 4. become focussed or come into focus 5. put (an image) into focus.
n. 1. the concentration of attention or energy on something 2. maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system 3. maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea 4. a central point or locus of an infection in an organism 5. special emphasis attached to something 6. a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges 7. a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section. v. 1. direct one's attention on something 2. cause to converge on or toward a central point 3. bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions 4. become focussed or come into focus 5. put (an image) into focus. 
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181 People who fail focus on what they will have to go through; people who succeed focus on what it will feel like at the end. Tony Robbins 
182 Although speechreaders learn the necessity for keen attention and mental focus, it is not humanly possible to focus attention all day.
183 It is true that everyone has problems, and it is also true that every problem has a solution. If this is the reality of life, then why not focus on solutions rather than problems. RVM
184 Perhaps the best bet would be to ignore the words altogether and focus on the music.
185 The first thing I saw when my eyes blinked into focus was an ant marching over a small stone.
186 You can be the centre of attention in a conversation but then the focus changes as new participants enter the dialogue.
187 I made two more visits to Knowlton, and it has now become a focus for my own particular pilgrimage.
188 The Supreme Court decision has given us an opportunity to focus our attention on the problem of end-of-life care.
189 They were advised to carry on as at present with these and focus in the meantime on the priority problem behaviour.
190 Appearing to move especially swiftly because of that media focus, moreover, police have already made arrests in her case.
191 The effect of this intense focus on modes of address is that personal pronouns become unusually prominent.
192 They would be available to share expertise, offer advice and provide an informed focus for locally based educational advance.
193 Models of interdependence focus on interstate relations but challenge the realist view of states as independent actors.
194 The show uses video surveillance footage, interviews and re-enactments to focus on lamebrain criminal acts.
195 But otherwise it really helped the child focus and do a lot better in school.
196 It would focus his attention where it should be focused: on finding Samantha.
197 Those external demands provide a time-frame within which you must organize the rest of your activities and focus your attention.
198 This leads him to focus on the twelfth century, and the mysteries connected with alchemy and the Order of the Temple.
199 The focus on the single political actor has analytic advantages, since data gathering and analysis can be precise and intensive.
200 Opinion polls and focus groups are Stone Age implements in the brave new world of interactivity just down the communications superhighway.
201 Any work undertaken on an individual basis should always focus attention on the broader social context in which the individual lives.
202 His academic interests focus on cancers of young adults, particularly lymphomas and testicular tumours.
203 Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer. Denis Waitley
204 Our strategy is to focus all our resources on the two core businesses of spirits and beers.
205 Mission-driven budgets relieve legislators of micromanagement decisions, freeing them to focus on the larger problems they were elected to solve.
206 Next Time A central focus of the next issues will be on communicating research.
207 Rather than focus on big leveraged buyouts,(www.Sentencedict.com) Ripplewood will primarily look at medium-size businesses with potential to export their products.
208 The central focus of all this railway activity was, however, the railway station.
209 When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. Ansel Adams
210 Does the whole conceptual perspective of the Monitor theory narrow down to a focus on filling in the blanks?
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