Dictionary Check: focus
"focus" is a valid word!
Scrabble
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Words with Friends
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Definition
noun
the concentration of attention or energy on something
Example:
"the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"
noun
maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system
Example:
"in focus"
noun
maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea
Example:
"the controversy brought clearly into focus an important difference of opinion"
noun
a central point or locus of an infection in an organism
Example:
"the focus of infection"
noun
special emphasis attached to something
Example:
"the stress was more on accuracy than on speed"
noun
a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges
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