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Focalize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To adjust or come to a focus.

v. To bring or be brought to a focus; sharpen.

v. To concentrate or be concentrated; localize.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To focus, or to adjust a focus

v. To sharpen an image by focusing

v. To concentrate on a particular location; to localize

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To bring to a focus; to focus; to concentrate.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To bring to a focus; focus.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. put (an image) into focus

v. bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions

v. become focussed or come into focus

v. concentrate on a particular place or spot

Word Usage

"What is today's equivalent of a lunar landing, the mission that can focalize a nation and inspire people to "ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country?""

Verb Form

focalized focalizes focalizing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

conform adjust adapt lie

Form

focalized focalizing

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

focus concentrate