focused

1. 1
   concentratingadjective

   Giving all your attention and effort to reaching one goal.

   Like pointing a flashlight at one spot instead of lighting the whole room.

   She stayed focused on her goal and finished the race.

   Try to stay focused while you study for the test.

   UsageUse on before the goal: stay focused on your work.

   Similarintent, determined, single-minded, dedicated, committed

   Oppositedistracted, scattered, aimless

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2. 2
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of focus. Use this form for something that already happened, or after has, have or was.

   She focused on her work all afternoon without a break.

   He focused the camera before taking the photo.

   UsageOften with on: she focused on her work.

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3. 3
   narrow in scopeadjective

   Looking closely at only a small part of a bigger subject.

   Like using a zoom lens to study one small detail of a big picture.

   The lesson was focused on just one chapter of the history book.

   We kept the meeting focused on a single problem instead of many.

   UsageOften with on, and words like narrowly or tightly before it: tightly focused on one topic.

   Similartargeted, specialized, narrow, specific

   Oppositebroad, general, wide-ranging

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