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Focussing

noun
1.
The concentration of attention or energy on something.  Synonyms: centering, direction, focal point, focus, focusing.  "He had no direction in his life"


Focus

verb
(past & past part. focused or focussed; pres. part. focusing or focussing)
1.
Direct one's attention on something.  Synonyms: center, centre, concentrate, pore, rivet.
2.
Cause to converge on or toward a central point.
3.
Bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions.  Synonyms: concenter, concentre, focalise, focalize.
4.
Become focussed or come into focus.  Synonyms: focalise, focalize.
5.
Put (an image) into focus.  Synonyms: focalise, focalize, sharpen.



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"Focussing" Quotes from Famous Books



... calculated effect of focussing the attention of the woman exclusively to him, after one swift glance round had shown her a room tenanted only by herself and a cringing thief. And immediately it was made manifest that, whether or not deceived, she meant to take the situation ...
— The Lone Wolf - A Melodrama • Louis Joseph Vance
... the table, flushed with wine and the exertion of hilarity. Twenty eyes were focussed on the queer, insignificant little man in the doorway. If they had not been capable of focussing them on anything a moment before, they acquired the power to do ...
— What's-His-Name • George Barr McCutcheon
... thinking this last term, focussing its avenging eyes upon that Dowry System which works debt and eventual ruin in many a South Indian home. Pushpam has seen the family struggles that have accompanied the marriages of her older sisters; the "cares of the world" that have pressed until all the joy of days ...
— Lighted to Lighten: The Hope of India • Alice B. Van Doren
... fierce passion swept through the woman's heart. Hot words in retort surged to her lips. But they remained unuttered. A strong effort of restraint checked them. She turned away coldly, her eyes focussing once more upon the tiny point of ...
— The Forfeit • Ridgwell Cullum
... laude! Suddenly I was seized with passionate, vehement regrets at the sound of the applause. I might have been the prize scholar, instead of Ralph, if I had only worked, if I had only realized what this focussing day of graduation meant! I might have been a marked individual, with people murmuring words of admiration, of speculation concerning the brilliancy of my future!... When at last my name was called and I rose to receive my diploma it seemed as though my incompetency had ...
— The Crossing • Winston Churchill


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