focus
Meaning of focus
noun
- the centre of interest or activity.
this generation has made the environment a focus of attention
- the state or quality of having or producing clear visual definition.
his face is rather out of focus
the incident brought her feelings for Alexander sharply into focus
- one of the fixed points from which the distances to any point of a given curve, such as an ellipse or parabola, are connected by a linear relation.
- an element of a sentence that is given prominence by intonational or other means.
- adapt to the prevailing level of light and become able to see clearly.
try to focus on a stationary object
- pay particular attention to.
the study will focus on a number of areas in Wales
- place the focus on (an element of a sentence).
mid 17th century (as a term in geometry and physics): from Latin, literally ‘domestic hearth’.
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CatalanHyphenation of focus
fo-cus
- It consists of 2 syllables and 5 chars.
- focus is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
focus synonyms
Meaning focusing:
focusing, focussing, direction, centering
Meaning focal point:
Meaning stress:
Meaning concentrate:
concentrate, center, pore, rivet
Meaning concenter:
Meaning focalize:
Meaning a point or part that is equally distant from all sides, ends, or surfaces of something:
Meaning the effective centre of an activity, region, or network:
Meaning a person or thing that plays a central part in a situation or enterprise:
Meaning the central and most important part of an object, movement, or group, forming the basis for its activity and growth:
Meaning a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation. In vertebrates there may be up to four chambers (as in humans), with two atria and two:
Meaning an important quality or feature on which a particular thing depends or is based:
Meaning a person or thing vital to an enterprise or organization:
Meaning a main or large bolt in a central position:
Meaning solid rock underlying loose deposits such as soil or alluvium:
Meaning the underlying support or foundation for an idea, argument, or process:
Meaning a heavy object attached to a cable or chain and used to moor a ship to the sea bottom, typically having a metal shank with a pair of curved, barbed flukes at one end:
Meaning the series of vertebrae extending from the skull to the pelvis; the spine:
Meaning a person or thing that is the centre of attention or admiration:
Meaning a musical note raised a semitone above natural pitch:
Meaning a wafer-thin slice of potato fried or baked until crisp and eaten as a snack:
Meaning recognizably different in nature from something else of a similar type:
Meaning easy to perceive, understand, or interpret:
Meaning unable to see or be seen clearly:
Meaning (of a person's eyes or gaze) not focusing on a particular person or thing:
Meaning not clear or sharply defined:
Meaning not clearly or distinctly visible or audible:
Meaning having a frizzy texture or appearance:
Meaning covered by a haze:
Meaning full of, covered with, or accompanied by mist:
Meaning (of the sky or weather) covered with or characterized by clouds:
Meaning full of or characterized by fog:
Meaning (with reference to a glass surface) cover or become covered with steam:
Meaning full of shadows:
Meaning filled with or smelling of smoke:
Meaning a sudden loss of consciousness:
Meaning not easy to see, hear, or understand:
Meaning of uncertain, indefinite, or unclear character or meaning:
Meaning lasting for an unknown or unstated length of time:
Meaning not discovered or known about; uncertain:
Meaning in the form of a cloud or haze; hazy:
Meaning a garment made of wool, especially a pullover:
Meaning unable to think clearly; confused:
Meaning (of the eyes) looking or feeling dull and unfocused from sleep or tiredness:
Meaning make dim; blur:
Translation of focus
- Spanish: foco, enfocar, enfocarse
- Italian: fuoco, focalizzare, focalizzarsi, concentrarsi
- French: foyer, focaliser
Anagrams of focus
Words that rhyme with focus
cocus, streptococus, Demodocus, Diplodocus, Laodocus, diplodocus, HiFocus, autofocus, defocus, misfocus, overfocus, prefocus, refocus, hocus, interlocus, locus, symplocus, taclocus, pocus, Crocus, crocus
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