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Adjective: focussed  fow-kust
  1. Being in focus or brought into focus
    "Her focussed gaze indicated deep concentration";
    - focused
     
  2. (of light rays) converging on a point
    "focussed light rays can set something afire";
    - focused
Verb: focus (focused,focusing,focuses, also focussed,focussing,focusses)  fow-kus
  1. Hold attention and exert mental effort on something
    "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies";
    - concentrate, center [US], centre [Brit, Cdn], pore, rivet, pore over
     
  2. [Brit] Bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions
    "The team worked to focus their efforts on the most pressing issues";
    - concenter [US], concentre [Brit, Cdn], focalize, focalise [Brit]
     
  3. Put (an image) into focus
    "Please focus the image: we cannot enjoy the movie";
    - focalize, focalise [Brit], sharpen
     
  4. Become focussed or come into focus
    "The light focused";
    - focalize, focalise [Brit]
     
  5. Cause to converge on or toward a central point
    "Focus the light on this image"

See also: convergent

Type of: adapt, adjust, align, aline [non-standard], cerebrate, cogitate, conform, correct, line up, set, sharpen, think

Encyclopedia: Focus