All 27 Uses
focus
in
Insurgent, by Veronica Roth
(Edited)
- We each had to choose a research focus in Erudite initiation, and mine was the aptitude test simulation, so I know a lot about the way it's designed.
Chpt 4 *focus = place where attention is directed
- "Hey," I say. "Come back."
"Sorry," he says, focusing on me again.Chpt 4focusing = concentrating (paying attention) - He has relaxed a little, but he keeps his eyes focused on the table.
Chpt 4focused = looking
- I bend down and press my palms to the rail, closing my eyes to focus on the feeling of the metal beneath my hands.
Chpt 8focus = concentrate
- I push it aside and focus instead on what's in front of me.
Chpt 8
- I can focus on the sound instead of whatever thoughts would crawl into my head in silence.
Chpt 9
- "Speaking of which," Niles says, "I think we should focus on what happened that day."
Chpt 12
- I have been so focused on what happened to Abnegation that I almost forgot what happened to Dauntless.
Chpt 14focused = concentrating (on one thing and not paying attention to other things)
- I have to focus on that.
Chpt 15focus = concentrate
- I focus on the mechanics of my breathing, imagining air filling every part of my lungs as I inhale, then remembering as I exhale how all my blood, oxygenated and unoxygenated, travels to and from the same heart.
Chpt 16
- I try to focus on Caleb instead—but Caleb is watching the Erudite, too.
Chpt 17
- Despite the notoriety Tobias now has among the Dauntless, and my new title as That Girl Who Stabbed Eric, we are not the real focus of everyone's attention.
Chpt 18focus = center
- I focus on the path of the broom, keeping my eyes on the dust that collects between glass fragments.
Chpt 19 *focus = concentrate
- Then his eyes focus on something over my shoulder, and he starts walking.
Chpt 19focus = look
- She doesn't even look at me when she says it; she just scowls at her younger sister.
"Shauna—" Zeke starts.
"Don't 'Shauna' me!" she says, focusing her scowl on him instead.Chpt 19focusing = directing (pointing) - His eyes lift and focus on something across the room.
Chpt 20focus = look
- And some girls might focus on the way his ears stick out, or the way his nose hooks at the end, but to me ….
Chpt 21focus = concentrate
- My mission was primarily focused on Jeanine Matthews.
Chpt 22focused = concentrated
- Without the simulation technology, without the data they had about all the other factions, without their focus on technological advancement, the attack on Abnegation would not have happened.
Chpt 25focus = concentration
- She looks up and focuses her watery eyes on one of the Erudite.
Chpt 31focuses = looks with
- I focus on that instead of all the stares.
Chpt 36focus = concentrate
- She shifts her focus to me without question, but I can tell by the wary look in her eyes that she would rather talk to Marcus.
Chpt 39focus = attention
- Focus.
Chpt 40focus = concentrate
- Focus.
Chpt 44
- Focus.
Chpt 44
- I ignore the gun barrels pointed at my head and focus on Lynn's face, which is now yellowish instead of white.
Chpt 46
- She focuses on Uriah.
Chpt 46focuses = looks
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)