All 12 Uses

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From age 14, I began to focus on the future.†
p. 57.9 *

focus = concentrate
The worship services and our Bible lessons frequently focused on stories about missionary doctors.†
p. 24.9
I squinted, tried to focus, and read the first line — barely.†
p. 29.4
I couldn't have heard anything because my immature mind focused on being like everybody else.†
p. 47.1
For instance, when I was 13 my focus changed from being a general practitioner to becoming a psychiatrist.†
p. 58.3
Not until my days in medical school would that focus shift once more.†
p. 59.2
In my mind, I had already focused on another secret goal—to be a contestant on the program.†
p. 66.1
I've worked hard and focused my life that way, assuming that's what I was going to do.†
p. 72.2
* Commonly called Cat Scans for Computerized Tomography, a highly technical, sophisticated computer that allows the X-ray beams to focus at different levels.†
p. 120.7
She didn't lose consciousness; the seizures were focal (half a grand mal), originating in the left side of her brain and disrupting only the right side of her body.†
p. 137.2 *
All experts concluded that her primary seizure focus was from the speech area (Brocha's area) and from the motor cortex, the two most important sections of her dominant hemisphere.†
p. 163.4
I also talk to parents, teachers, and anybody else associated with the community, asking them to focus on the needs of these teens.†
p. 220.8

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)