All 9 Uses

focus
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Enrique's Journey
(Edited)

He sprints alongside rolling freight cars and focuses on his footing.
Chpt 3

focuses = concentrates
He focuses on the thought that will make him run the fastest: "I cannot miss the train."
Chpt 3
His focus is one instilled by mentors at the seminary: "Either we are with the poor, or we are not."
Chpt 5 *

focus = place where attention is directed
He focuses on his old habit, drinking.
Chpt 7

focuses = concentrates
She focuses on saving enough to return to her children in what she hopes will be another two years.
Chpt 7
In North Carolina, Enrique focuses on working, on saving money, on cutting down even more on drinking and drugs.
Chpt 7 *
The survivors, like Enrique, try to block out problems with their mothers and focus on what is good for them and their futures.
Chpt Aft.

focus = concentrate
Others experts focus on how adding more than a million immigrants a year to the United States' population affects overcrowding of parks, freeways, and the environment.
Chpt Aft.
Enrique also tells Don Francisco that he works six days a week and focuses on saving money.
Chpt Epil.

focuses = concentrates

Definitions:

(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
(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)