All 14 Uses
focus
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The Lucky One
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- He focused on the fact that he was still alive.
Chpt 4focused = concentrated
- He focused on keeping others safe.
Chpt 4
- He fired, then fired again, his movements calm and focused, steady.
Chpt 6focused = concentrating on the matter at hand
- "I see," she said again, focusing on the fact that he'd been in the military.
Chpt 7focusing = concentrating
- He focused on Thibault.
Chpt 8focused = looked
- His gaze focused on her with surprising intensity.
Chpt 11
- Enclosed by a hedge lay a series of cobblestone paths that wove among several circular brick planters, each with its own dogwood tree; in the center of the yard, serving as a focal point, was a three-tiered fountain that fed a large koi pond.
Chpt 11 *focal = where attention is drawn
- Logan focused his attention on Zeus.
Chpt 12focused = concentrated
- Elizabeth didn't seem to hear him and focused her attention on her son.
Chpt 13
- As they ate, a shrimp trawler rode the horizon, and for a long time, Logan focused on it with the preoccupied gaze she'd noticed on and off for most of the week.
Chpt 18focused = looked
- He'd been so focused on learning Elizabeth's name, he'd ignored it at the time—a mistake.
Chpt 19focused = concentrating (on one thing and not paying attention to other things)
- Instead, as Nana sang, he focused his attention on her while keeping perfect rhythm and pace, more interested in her performance than his own.
Chpt 23 *focused = concentrated
- The relentless current was moving Thibault two feet down the creek for every foot he was moving across. ... Focusing his sights on Ben, he kicked with everything he had.
Chpt 38focusing = looking with
- In the crowd behind her were two young men, clustered near the ticket stand and a bit out of focus, wearing T-shirts with logos.†
Chpt 2 *
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)