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Focusing   /fˈoʊkəsɪŋ/  /fˈoʊkɪsɪŋ/   Listen
Focusing

noun
1.
The concentration of attention or energy on something.  Synonyms: centering, direction, focal point, focus, focussing.  "He had no direction in his life"
2.
The act of bringing into focus.  Synonyms: focalisation, focalization.



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"Focusing" Quotes from Famous Books



... a turn, and as they went around the curve in the wall the sound smote on their ears with increased violence. Tom raced forward, focusing his electric lamp down on the stone corridor. The next instant ...
— Tom Swift in the City of Gold, or, Marvelous Adventures Underground • Victor Appleton

... The rush and the roar of the hurrying motor car, the kaleidoscope of the maddened crowd, the shots, the sunlight and then the spangled darkness with the sound of voices. She started upright in her cushions, her face pallid and drawn, her thoughts now focusing with sudden definiteness. The voices! They were no dream—no more a dream than the other horrors that encompassed her. She tried to remember what they had said. "Ten thousand kroner—the goose that lays the golden egg——" ...
— The Secret Witness • George Gibbs

... many lucrative tips on "Focusing Appeals," "Scouting for New Members," and "Getting Prospects to Sign up with the Sunday School." He particularly liked the word "prospects," and he ...
— Babbitt • Sinclair Lewis

... Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh, spoke primarily about multimedia, focusing on images and the broad implications of disseminating them on the network. He argued that planning the distribution of multimedia documents posed two critical implementation problems, which he framed in the form of two questions: 1) What platform ...
— LOC WORKSHOP ON ELECTRONIC TEXTS • James Daly



Words linked to "Focusing" :   immersion, absorption, intensification, particularism, concentration, refocusing, engrossment



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