All 8 Uses

focus
in
We Beat the Street
(Edited)

But we weren't bad kids—just kids in need of focus and direction.
Chpt Intr.

focus = directed attention
Her inspiration helped me to stay focused on accomplishing my goals.
Chpt 3

focused = concentrating
Besides, the students were peaceful, well behaved, and focused on their goal.
Chpt 11
Dr. Sampson Davis is a board-certified emergency-medicine physician at East Orange General Hospital and St. Michaels Medical Center, and a consultant for the Violence Prevention Institute focusing on gang awareness and preventative medicine in Essex County, New Jersey.
Chpt 13
Sampson had once asked George, who always seemed focused on the goal of making it to college, how he did it.
Chpt 14 *
It was my lack of focus, I guess.
Chpt 21

focus = concentration
Our focus is Health, Education, Leadership, and Mentoring.
Chpt Cncl. *

focus = place where attention is directed
Now he is a board-certified emergency-medicine physician at East Orange General Hospital and St. Michaels Medical Center, and a consultant for the Violence Prevention Institute focusing on gang awareness and preventative medicine in Essex County, New Jersey.
Chpt Cncl.

focusing = concentrating

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)