Overview of verb focus

The verb focus has 5 senses

• concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet -- (direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies")


• focus -- (cause to converge on or toward a central point; "Focus the light on this image")


• concenter, concentre, focalize, focalise, focus -- (bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions)


• focus, focalize, focalise -- (become focussed or come into focus; "The light focused")


• focus, focalize, focalise, sharpen -- (put (an image) into focus; "Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie")

Overview of adj focused

The adj focused has 3 senses

• focused, focussed -- (being in focus or brought into focus)


• focused, focussed -- ((of light rays) converging on a point; "focused light rays can set something afire")


• focused -- (of an optical system (e.g. eye or opera glasses) adjusted to produce a clear image)