All 12 Uses of
focus
in
October Sky
- The sun beat down on us, the slack yard a caldron of focused heat.
Chpt 8 (definition 1)focused = concentrated
- I took off my glasses and Jake showed me how to rotate the focus knob.
Chpt 9 (definition 2) *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 (definition 2)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 (definition 1)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 (definition 1)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 (definition 1)focused = pointed
- Dad focused on one of my model airplanes on my dresser.
Chpt 13 (definition 1) *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 (definition 1)focus = attention
- He had kept it, but it was unfocused and watery.†
Chpt 20 (definition 1)
- 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 (definition 2)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 (definition 1)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. (definition 3) *focus = where attention is 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 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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(3) (focus as in: The focus of our study is...) where attention is concentrated or directed