All 21 Uses of

focus
in
Betrayed: A House of Night Novel

Now I'm focusing on football and my grades so that I can get into OSU.†
Chpt 12

focusing = concentrating, or looking

The words were spoken so softly and I was so focused on the TV that it took a second for Aphrodite's voice to register with me.†
Chpt 14 *

focused = concentrating (on one thing and not paying attention to other things)

Okay, I know it's bordering on weird (or maybe queer is the better word choice) to continually notice how gorgeous a woman is when you're a woman, too, but Neferet is so damn beautiful that it's like she has the ability to focus all the light in the room on herself.†
Chpt 3

The attention that the four of them had been focusing on trying to figure out if there was a hair in Erin's salad or if it was just one of those weird string things from a piece of celery shifted instantly to me.†
Chpt 4

The Twins raised one eyebrow each at me, and then went back to focusing on using chopsticks correctly.†
Chpt 6

Sure, Neferet had excused me from most of the third former work in that class so I could focus on reading ahead in the higher level Soc text, but I'd been trying really hard to be "normal" (Whatever that was—hello—I'm a teenager and a fledgling vampyre.†
Chpt 8

I know I sounded like a moron, but the way Heath's eyes were focused on me was almost a physical thing.†
Chpt 12

I just needed to stay focused on the ritual itself, and remember the amazing feelings that filled me whenever I invoked the five elements.†
Chpt 16

I could feel that the Twins and Stevie Rae were staring at me like I'd just announced I was going to be on Girls Gone Wild: Vamp Edition, but I ignored them and kept focused on Damien.†
Chpt 17

I swallowed hard and forced my thoughts to focus on my friends and the miracles that had just happened to them.†
Chpt 20

I focused on them and the wonderful gifts they had been given, and got ready to nod at Jack.†
Chpt 21

That is mysterious and wonderful, but tonight I want to focus on another aspect of the full moon—that it is an excellent time to complete, or end, things.†
Chpt 21

I focused on the words to the beautiful old poem, and sincerely hoped that tonight actually would be the beginning of something special.†
Chpt 22

I wanted to focus in on him, like I had that one other time when somehow I'd seen him in his bedroom, but this connection between us was different.†
Chpt 27

I was still trying to "focus" (aka, talk myself into being brave) when Heath screamed.†
Chpt 28

My friends were murmuring soft words of agreement, but I kept my attention focused on Neferet as I slowly and deliberately walked over to her.†
Chpt 32

Definitions:

(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)
(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.