All 4 Uses
focus
in
Crank, by Ellen Hopkins
(Edited)
- It wasn't like psychedelic, more like my eyes were speeding too, and didn't know just where to focus except on points of light in the dark.
focus = look
- Burned out, adrift on a sea of uncertain synapses, a place where your eyes refuse to focus and your brain refuses to function.
*focus = adjust (to see clearly)
- I Tucked That Away and tried to focus on my sister going on and on about being in love with a girl: their meeting, touching accidentally, connecting immediately, interwoven hand in hand, heart-to-heart.
focus = concentrate
- Forgiveness granted, I made some decisions: appreciate family, focus on school and hunt for Kristina.
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Definitions:
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(1)
(focus as in: Turn your focus to question #2.) to direct attention or effort toward a single thing; or the ability to do so without getting distracted
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(2)
(focus as in: The focus of our study is...) where attention is concentrated or directed
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(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
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(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)