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| Main Entry: |
focus
 [foh-kuhs] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | aim attention at |
| Synonyms: | adjust, attract, bring out, center, centralize, concenter, concentrate, convene, converge, direct, fasten, fix, fixate, get detail, home in, home in on, hone in, join, key on, knuckle down, meet, move in, pinpoint, pour it on, put, rivet, sharpen, spotlight*, sweat*, zero in, zoom in |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | adjust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mechanically alter, especially to |
| Synonyms: | align, balance, bring into line, calibrate, connect, correct, fine-tune, fit, fix, focus, grind, improve, improve accommodate, mend, overhaul, polish, put in working order, readjust, rectify, regulate, renovate, repair, service, set, sharpen, square, tighten, troubleshoot, tune up |
| Antonyms: | derange, disarrange, unsuit |
| Main Entry: | aim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | point or direct at a goal |
| Synonyms: | address, angle, aspire, attempt, cast, concentrate, contemplate, covet, design, direct, endeavor, essay, fix, focus, intend, level, mean, plan, propose, purpose, set one's sights on, sight, slant, steer, strive, target, train, try, want, wish, zero in on, zoom in |
Example Sentences
- The research in our lab is focused mostly on understanding the innate immune system.
- Some don't see the value of free music, he says, because they're too focused on its price.
- Much work on aging brains has focused on their failings, but two new studies look at how they succeed.
| Main Entry: | center |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | concentrate, draw together |
| Synonyms: | attract, bring to a focus, bring together, centralize, close on, collect, concenter, consolidate, converge upon, focalize, focus, gather, intensify, join, medialize, meet, unify |
| Antonyms: | disperse, dissipate |
| Main Entry: | centralize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | concentrate, draw toward a point |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, amalgamate, assemble, compact, concenter, condense, consolidate, converge, focus, gather, incorporate, integrate, organize, rationalize, streamline, systematize, unify |
| Antonyms: | decentralize, disperse, scatter |
| Main Entry: | concentrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think about closely |
| Synonyms: | apply, attend, be engrossed in, bring to bear, brood over, center, consider closely, contemplate, crack one's brains, direct attention, establish, examine, fix attention, fixate, focus, focus attention, get on the beam, give attention, hammer away at, hammer*, head trip, intensify, knuckle down, meditate, muse, need, occupy thoughts, peruse, ponder, pour it on, put, put mind to, rack one's brains, rivet, ruminate, scrutinize, set, settle, study, sweat, think hard, weigh |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | concentrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather, collect |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, agglomerate, aggregate, amass, assemble, bunch, center, centralize, cluster, coalesce, collect, combine, compact, compress, congest, conglomerate, congregate, consolidate, constrict, contract, converge, cramp, crowd, draw together, eliminate, embody, focalize, focus, forgather, garner, get to the meat, heap, heap up, hoard, huddle, integrate, intensify, localize, mass, muster, narrow, pile, reduce, salt away, store, strengthen, swarm, unify, zero in |
| Antonyms: | disperse, scatter |
| Main Entry: | converge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gather |
| Synonyms: | assemble, coincide, combine, come together, concenter, concentrate, concur, encounter, enter in, focalize, focus, join, meet, merge, mingle, rally, unite |
| Antonyms: | disperse, diverge, divide, scatter, separate, spread |
| Main Entry: | deep |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absorbed, engrossed in activity |
| Synonyms: | abstracted, centered, concentrated, enfolded, engaged, fixed, focused, immersed, intent, into, lost, musing, preoccupied, rapt, set, wrapped, wrapped up |
| Antonyms: | flighty, superficial |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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