focus
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- (transitive) If you focus on something, you pay special attention to it.
- A small company will probably focus its attention on each artist's project more than a major label.
- Class, please focus on your assignment and stop talking.
- (transitive & intransitive) If you focus a lens, you adjust it to make a clear picture.
- Most digital cameras automatically focus on the object in the centre.
- You know, without my glasses, my eyes just can't focus well enough to read.
Noun
[change]- (countable) (usually singular) The focus is the main thing or person that people are paying attention to.
- (uncountable) If your focus is on something, your attention is on it.
- (uncountable) If something is in focus, the image is clear.