focuses
Directs full attention
Focuses is the verb form of focus, meaning to direct attention or energy toward something: She focuses on her studies, The camera focuses automatically.
Also the plural of the noun: The article has multiple focuses.
The alternative plural *foci* appears mainly in technical contexts—geometry, optics, medicine—while focuses dominates in everyday usage.
Focused mental awareness
- prioritizeRank by importance
- intensityStrength or force level
- absorptionProcess of taking in
- immersePlunge into liquid entirely
dedicate · hone · narrow · center · fixate · engagement · deliberate · single-minded
Light-focusing curved glass
- sharpnessKeenness of edge, mind, or image
- clarityState of being understandable
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- apertureAdjustable optical inlet
viewfinder · zoom · microscope · telescope · binoculars · camera · bokeh · infinity
attention
Focused mental awareness
- prioritizeRank by importance
- intensityStrength or force level
- absorptionProcess of taking in
immerse · dedicate · hone · narrow · center · fixate · engagement · deliberate · single-minded · undivided
lens
Light-focusing curved glass
- sharpnessKeenness of edge, mind, or image
- clarityState of being understandable
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
aperture · viewfinder · zoom · microscope · telescope · binoculars · camera · bokeh · infinity · macro
- localizespinpoints, identifies, situates, positions, places
- improvementsimprovement, fixes, betterment, enhancement, upgrade
focusesneglects
Fails to care for
ignores · overlooks · marginalizes · de-emphasizes · sidelines
- out of focusIndistinct, poorly defined
- in focusOptically clear and defined
- focus onDirect attention toward
- stay focusedMaintain mental concentration
- laser focusIntense, undivided concentration
- lose focusAttention slips away
focus, focused, focusing, focussing, focussed, refocus, refocused, focusses, refocusing