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FOCUSING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of bringing into focus
Synonyms:
focalisation; focalization; focusing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("focusing" is a kind of...):
intensification (action that makes something stronger or more extreme)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "focusing"):
refocusing (focusing again)
Derivation:
focus (put (an image) into focus)
focus (become focussed or come into focus)
focus (bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions)
focus (cause to converge on or toward a central point)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The concentration of attention or energy on something
Example:
he had no direction in his life
Synonyms:
centering; direction; focal point; focus; focusing; focussing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("focusing" is a kind of...):
absorption; concentration; engrossment; immersion (complete attention; intense mental effort)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "focusing"):
particularism (a focus on something particular)
Derivation:
focus (direct one's attention on something)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb focus
Context examples:
Focusing specifically on calcium, these latest findings looked retrospectively at 4,751 AREDS participants who had been followed for an average of 10 years.
(No evidence that calcium increases risk of age-related macular degeneration, National Institutes of Health)
These include: previous experience of miscarriage, depression or anxiety, a mother’s relationship with her own parents, or cultures in which focusing on the baby is considered inappropriate.
(Mother’s attitude towards baby during pregnancy may have implications for child’s development, University of Cambridge)
Your family may wish you did not spend so much time at the office focusing on your career, but judging by your horoscope, you need to spend time on your professional life.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The branch of genetics focusing on plant heredity.
(Plant Genetics, NCI Thesaurus)
Rather than focusing on the dust within the disc, which was clearly imaged in earlier ALMA observations, the astronomers instead studied carbon monoxide (CO) gas spread throughout the disc.
(ALMA Discovers Trio of Infant Planets around Newborn Star, ESO)
Automatically, his eyes were adjusting themselves to the brightness, focusing themselves to meet the increased distance of objects.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
The branch of toxicology focusing on the health effects of inhaled poisons.
(Inhalation Toxicology, NCI Thesaurus)
A number of widely-followed diets have been based on the idea that focusing on foods with a low-glycemic index might improve cardiovascular risk factors and lower the risk of developing diabetes.
(Low-glycemic diets may not improve cardiovascular outcomes when compared to high-glycemic diets, NIH)
The branch of pathology focusing on immune diseases.
(Immunopathology, NCI Thesaurus)
The branch of toxicology focusing on the effects of poisons on the immune system.
(Immunotoxicology, NCI Thesaurus)
