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Commonwealth standard spelling of focusing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The bacteriologist adjusted the focussing knob on the microscope.
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Commonwealth standard spelling of focusing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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present participle and gerund of focus
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, form-of, gerund, participle, present
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the concentration of attention or energy on something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology
- he had no direction in his life
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Synonyms: focus, focusing, focal point, direction, centering
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Broader terms: concentration, engrossment, absorption, immersion
Narrower terms: particularism
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