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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | 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: | fix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | focus on |
| Synonyms: | concenter, concentrate, direct, fasten, fixate, level at, put, rivet |
| Antonyms: | ignore, look away |
| Main Entry: | focus |
| 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
| Main Entry: | put |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | position |
| Synonyms: | bring, concenter, concentrate, deposit, embed, establish, fasten, fix, fixate, focus, insert, install, invest, lay, nail, park, peg, place, plank, plank down, plant, plop, plunk, plunk down, quarter, repose, rest, rivet, seat, set, settle, situate, stick |
| Antonyms: | remove, take |
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| Main Entry: | center |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
abstemious, adiaphorous, average, axial, azygous, central, centrical, centripetal, commonplace, concentric, entad, equatorial, equidistant, focal, fulcrate, geocentric, homocentric, intermediate, mean, medial, mediate, mediterranean, mesial, mesne, mesothetic, mid, middle, middle-class, middlemost, middling, midmost, neutral, paracentral, phallocentric, straight, tapsell, umbilical, vorticiform, vortiginous
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| Concept: | [Place of meeting.] Focus. |
| Category: | 3. COLLECTIVE ORDER |
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-nouns
focus; point of convergence; corradiation; center; gathering place, resort, haunt, retreat; venue; rendezvous; rallying point, headquarters, home, club; depot (store); trysting place; place of meeting, place of resort, place of assignation; point de reunion; issue.
-verbs
bring to a point, bring to a focus, bring to an issue.
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