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focus
VERB:

1. to bring to a focus or into focus; cause to converge on a perceived point:
to focus the lens of a camera.

2. to fix attention (on); concentrate:
to focus one's thoughts; to focus troop deployment in the east.

3. to be or become focused:
My eyes have trouble focusing on distant objects.

4. to direct one's attention or efforts:
Students must focus in class.

5. to bring or come to a focus or into focus:
The results of that research were focused for classroom presentation.

6. to cause to be concentrated:
focused their attention on the most urgent problems.

7. to adjust the focus of (the eye, a lens, etc.):
focus the telescope.

8. to bring (something, such as light rays) to a focus; concentrate.

9. to concentrate attention or effort:
focus on the most pressing needs.

10. to adjust one's eye or a camera to a particular range:
Newborn babies cannot focus for several months.

11. to come to a focus; converge.

12. to converge on or toward a central point of focus; be focused.

13. to adjust a lens or instrument to produce a clear image.

Origin:

1635–45; < Latin: fireplace, hearth. Dictionary 2: C17: via New Latin from Latin: hearth, fireplace. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use: Noun: 1664. Verb: 1807. History and Etymology: Noun and Verb: New Latin, from Latin, hearth. —Merriam-Webster.

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