focus

focus is a 5-letter English word with 16 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refrcted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 16 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refrcted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror.
2. noun. A point so related to a conic section and certain straight line called the directrix that the ratio of the distace between any point of the curve and the focus to the distance of the same point from the directrix is constant.
3. noun. A central point; a point of concentration.
4. transitive verb. To bring to a focus; to focalize; as, to focus a camera.
5. noun. maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system

   "in focus"

   "out of focus"

6. noun. maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea

   "the controversy brought clearly into focus an important difference of opinion"

7. noun. the concentration of attention or energy on something

   "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"

   "he had no direction in his life"

   Synonyms: centering, direction, focusing, focussing

8. noun. a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section
9. noun. a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges
10. noun. a central point or locus of an infection in an organism

    "the focus of infection"

    Synonyms: nidus

11. noun. special emphasis attached to something

    "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed"

    Synonyms: stress

12. verb. put (an image) into focus

    "Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie"

    Synonyms: focalise, focalize, sharpen

13. verb. become focussed or come into focus

    "The light focused"

    Synonyms: focalise, focalize

14. verb. direct one's attention on something

    "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"

    Synonyms: center, centre, concentrate, pore, rivet

15. verb. bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions

    Synonyms: concenter, concentre, focalise, focalize

16. verb. cause to converge on or toward a central point

    "Focus the light on this image"

Synonyms

centering, direction, focusing, focussing, nidus, stress, focalise, focalize, sharpen, center, centre, concentrate, pore, rivet, concenter, concentre

Common word forms

focused, focuser, focuses, focusing, focussed, focusable, focusless, focussing

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