All 12 Uses

focus
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October Sky
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The sun beat down on us, the slack yard a caldron of focused heat.
Chpt 8

focused = concentrated
I took off my glasses and Jake showed me how to rotate the focus knob.
Chpt 9

focus = lens adjustment
I went back to the telescope and tried to use it to look at Coalwood, but discovered I couldn't focus it close enough.
Chpt 9 *

focus = adjust a lens for a sharp image
Usually, at the beginning of the academic year, the team would be nearing their first game and the school would be focused on them.
Chpt 10

focused = concentrating
When he started to talk again, I focused on his every word as if they were gold coins he was dropping into my hand, one by one.
Chpt 11

focused = concentrated
I found that I was staring at him, the narrow beam of my lamp focused on his face like a spotlight on an actor.
Chpt 11

focused = pointed
Dad focused on one of my model airplanes on my dresser.
Chpt 13

focused = looked
A breeze rustled the budding trees above us on the mountainside, but, like everybody else, my focus was entirely on the silent tipple and the frozen winch wheel on the man-hoist.
Chpt 18

focus = attention
My eyes wouldn't focus, and my mind felt as if it were being sucked down into a whirlpool of red and white swirling blotches.
Chpt 23

focus = adjust (to see clearly)
For the first time, I missed Jim, missed his strength, his ability to focus on nothing but the task at hand.
Chpt 23 *

focus = concentrate
In a space of a few short weeks, he had shrunk, literally collapsing around his lungs as they became the entire focus of his being.
Chpt Epil. *

focus = where attention is concentrated
He had kept it, but it was unfocused and watery.†
Chpt 20

unfocused = not good at concentrating on one thing

standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unfocused means not and reverses the meaning of focused. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.

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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)

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focus
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October Sky
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