All 14 Uses

focus
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Emily tried to focus on the positive:
p. 13.5

focus = concentrate attention
She'd been so focused on the next-door house that Emily hadn't noticed the rope strung alongside her window.
p. 22.2

focused = concentrating (on one thing and not paying attention to other things)
The men were uncomfortably focused on them.
p. 56.6

focused = looking
Emily blinked at James a few times, like she couldn't quite get her eyes to focus.
p. 68.9 *

focus = see clearly
Maybe she hadn't been intensely focused on Emily after all.
p. 116.8

focused = concentrating
Hollister clamped his mouth shut and focused on writing the address, drawing a long inhale of breath through his nose.
p. 165.5

focused = concentrated
How he could be focused on anything other than Griswold's game right now was a mystery to her.
p. 167.9

focused = concentrating
Well, maybe we should focus on Mr. Quisling's cipher challenge for a little bit instead.
p. 173.6

focus = concentrate
But Emily was too focused on her discovery to pay attention to anything else.
p. 199.8 *

focused = preoccupied (interested to the exclusion of other things)
She kept her focus on the ground and tried not to think about how far she had to go, or who might be catching up behind her.
p. 211.2

focus = attention
The image she was resizing was shot through a crowd to focus on Emily perched on the fountain with her hands pressed flat next to her thighs.
p. 245.8

focus = concentrate attention
Emily ducked her head, focusing on Mr. Quisling's desk.
p. 252.6

focusing = concentrating attention
She lifted her head trying to find something to focus on.
p. 292.3

focus = concentrate attention
I was going to say hyperfocused.
p. 333.2

hyperfocused = extremely concentrated

standard prefix: The prefix "hyper-" in hyperfocused means extremely or excessively. This is the same pattern as seen in words like hypersensitive, hyperactive, and hypercritical.

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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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focus
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