All 3 Uses of

focus

in

Tuesdays with Morrie

You strip away all that stuff and you focus on the essentials.
Chpt 13 *

focus = concentrate

Morrie was focused. There were good days and bad days now. He was having a good day.
Chpt 18

focused = concentrating on the matter at hand

When I'm talking to you now, Mitch, I try to keep focused only on what is going on between us.
Chpt 19

focused = concentrating (on one thing and not paying attention to other things)

Definitions:

(1) (focus as in: Turn your focus to question #2.)
verb: to concentrate, look at, or pay attention to

noun: the act of concentration, or the ability to concentrate

(to concentrate is to direct attention or effort towards a single thing)
(2) (focus as in: The focus of our study is...)
where attention is concentrated or directed
(3) (focus as in: bring into focus; or out of focus)
a state where something has come into view or can be seen clearly; or an adjustment made to permit a clear view
(4) (focus as with technical usage)
technical usage typically involves some sense of center or concentration such as:
- physics — a point where things come together such as the point where light rays meet
- geometry — a fixed reference point (as of a parabola)
- geology — the point of origin of an earthquake
See a comprehensive dictionary for other less common meanings.
(5) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)