All 16 Uses of
focus
in
Eragon
- Summoning his strength, he focused on the dragon and tried to impress on it one idea: Stay here.
Chpt 5 (definition 1)focused = concentrated
- Eragon brushed the matter from his mind and focused on what he had learned from Brom; there was something missing.
Chpt 6 (definition 1)
- He focused on the trampled snow. The faint imprints of two pairs of leather boots headed toward the house. On top of those were traces of the same two sets of boots leaving. And whoever had made the departing tracks had been carrying the same weight as when they arrived.
Chpt 11 (definition 1)
- Eragon remained at the table, his eyes focused on a knot in the wood.
Chpt 12 (definition 1)focused = looking
- He stopped for a minute and forced himself to focus.
Chpt 14 (definition 1)focus = concentrate
- Instead, he focused his energies on figuring out how to find and kill the Ra'zac.
Chpt 17 (definition 1)focused = concentrated
- A true master could just say water and create something totally unrelated, like a gemstone. You wouldn't be able to understand how he had done it, but the master would have seen the connection between water and the gem and would have used that as the focal point for his power.
Chpt 19 (definition 2)focal = center of concentration
- Eragon focused sourly on the pebble, searching his mind for any hint of the energy that had burned in him the day before.
Chpt 20 (definition 1)focused = concentrated
- He put a finger on either side of the blade and focused intensely, deepening the lines on his forehead.
Chpt 21 (definition 1)
- "Not yet," said Brom, "but your very existence is the focus of their battles."
Chpt 29 (definition 3) *focus = center (where attention is concentrated)
- Eragon drew upon their combined power and focused it on the words.
Chpt 36 (definition 2) *focused = concentrated at a single point
- His gaze passed blindly over Murtagh, then he focused on Eragon.
Chpt 37 (definition 1)focused = looked
- He returned to skinning, keeping his gaze focused downward.
Chpt 38 (definition 1)focused = looking
- Every eye, every face was focused on Eragon.
Chpt 51 (definition 1) *
- He shook himself to alertness and tried to focus through his stupor.
Chpt 57 (definition 1)focus = concentrate
- All his pain and rage focused on one word: "Brisingr!"
Chpt 58 (definition 1)focused = concentrated
Definitions:
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(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)
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(2) (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
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(3) (focus as in: The focus of our study is...) where attention is concentrated or directed