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Inside, the room was round and lined with books, but the main focus was a hole in the middle of the floor, surrounded by a copper barrier; a pole extended down, through the floor and to unknown regions below.†
p. 27.9 *

focus = where attention is concentrated or directed
I was just getting acclimated here at work and wanted to focus on learning my new responsibilities.†
p. 96.1

focus = concentrate
Okay, let's focus on Thursday at five fifteen.†
p. 177.8 *
"She's in the Old West," Renata said, focusing on Mae again, "but she'll be here soon."†
p. 4.1
Now the messages they did get were focused and accurate and, most of the time, even welcome.†
p. 23.2
If she hadn't known better, and couldn't see the ID cord around his neck, she would have assumed Kalden, with his pointed but unfocused curiosity, was either someone who'd wandered off the street, or some kind of corporate spy.†
p. 93.1

unfocused = not good at concentrating on one thing

standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unfocused means not and reverses the meaning of focused. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
You're so focused and together, but then you have these weird spacy lapses.†
p. 113.3
Now the woman's eyes opened and she focused on Mae.†
p. 144.4
"Actually—" Annie said, and her eyes lost focus.†
p. 175.9
And how many zingers out there focus on the WNBA?†
p. 185.5
Everyone saw great things for her at the Circle, everyone was certain she would graduate from CE in no time, as soon as September, because rarely had anyone risen so quickly through the PartiRank and with such laser-like focus.†
p. 193.4
She'd found the best way, to get past it was to redouble her focus, to stay busy, to give more.†
p. 197.6
"Huh," he said, and his eyes briefly left their focus on her, as if they were needed somewhere else, somewhere deep in his mind, for a brief but crucial calculation.†
p. 219.9
He lost his focus on Mae and talked into his headset.†
p. 231.9
She worked through the morning, feeling the extraordinary focus possible for a few hours after a largely sleepless night.†
p. 274.8
He paused, lost briefly in thought, then returned his focus to Mae.†
p. 288.9
The audio was carefully engineered to focus on her immediate conversations, to record but make secondary any ambient sound or background voices.†
p. 310.1
In essence, it meant that any room she was in was scannable by anyone watching; they could focus in on any corner, and, with some effort, isolate and listen to any other conversation.†
p. 310.2
Annie had been in Amsterdam, then China, then Japan, then back to Geneva, and so hadn't had time to focus on Kalden, but the two of them had traded occasional messages about him.†
p. 320.8
Periodically, she would focus her lens on something like this, a game or demonstration or speech, and this might allow her mind to wander, while the watchers watched.†
p. 324.7
But let me get off my soapbox and focus on you, Mae.†
p. 359.8
Suddenly a city of eight million becomes infinitely more manageable when you know where to focus your energies.†
p. 423.1
Now it was clear her impending announcement had the focused attention of millions.†
p. 446.9
She had to focus, and perhaps it was better to let Annie take it all in, alone.†
p. 448.5
She scanned the information on-screen and focused the audience on the essentials.†
p. 451.7
Let's focus now on the UK.†
p. 452.1

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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)

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