Definitions for focus

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focus fo·cus

Spelling: [foh-kuh s]

IPA: /ˈfoʊ kəs/

Focus is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 41 anagrams from letters in focus (cfosu).

Definitions for focus

noun

1. a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity:
2. Physics. a point at which rays of light, heat, or other radiation meet after being refracted or reflected.
3. Optics. the focal point of a lens, on which rays converge or from which they deviate. the focal length of a lens; the distance from a focal point to a corresponding principal plane. the clear and sharply defined condition of an image. the position of a viewed object or the adjustment of an optical device necessary to produce a clear image:
4. Geometry. (of a conic section) a point having the property that the distances from any point on a curve to it and to a fixed line have a constant ratio for all points on the curve.
5. Geology. the point of origin of an earthquake.
6. Pathology. the primary center from which a disease develops or in which it localizes.

verb (used with object)

1. to bring to a focus or into focus; cause to converge on a perceived point:
2. to concentrate:

verb (used without object)

1. to be or become focused:
2. to direct one's attention or efforts:

Origin of focus

1635-45; Latin: fireplace, hearth

Examples for focus

Stephanie Giorgio, a classical musician, credits The Class for helping her cope with anxiety, focus, fear, and self-doubt.

For the first time Kingozi's careless, candid stare narrowed to a focus.

He changed the focus—they were gone before he could get their images sharp.

The far-reaching plains to the west offered him too wide a focus.

All outside the focus of the dancers turned gray--goom, zup!

This gives it leverage, or focus for the outworking of its forces.

His wife passed away and they had kids, and he wanted to focus on being a dad so he just stopped to raise his kids.

And too much of a focus on numbers can obscure strategic truths.

The focus here was on how fast oil would come out of the Canadian fields.

Investigators will focus on whether the sudden emergency was so extreme that no degree of pilot skill would have helped.