is brought to a focus

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• focus — fo|cus1 [ foukəs ] (present participle fo|cus|ing or fo|cus|sing; past tense and past participle fo|cused or fo|cussed) verb intransitive or transitive *** 1. ) to concentrate on something and pay particular attention to it: I know you re tired,… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• focus — [[t]fo͟ʊsaɪ[/t]] ♦♦ focuses, focusing, focused (The spellings focusses, focussing, focussed are also used. The plural of the noun can be either foci or focuses.) 1) V ERG If you focus on a particular topic or if your attention is focused on it,… …   English dictionary

• focus */*/*/ — I UK [ˈfəʊkəs] / US [ˈfoʊkəs] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms focus : present tense I/you/we/they focus he/she/it focusses or focuses present participle focusing or focussing past tense focused or focussed past participle focused or… …   English dictionary

• focus — 1. noun 1) schools are a focus of community life Syn: center, focal point, central point, center of attention, hub, pivot, nucleus, heart, cornerstone, linchpin, cynosure 2) the focus is on helping people Syn …   Thesaurus of popular words

• focus lamp — noun 1. : an incandescent lamp having a filament coiled or crumpled into a spiral or zigzag form so that the light, being concentrated in a small space, can be brought into the focus of a lens or mirror 2. : an arc lamp with feeding mechanism so… …   Useful english dictionary

• focus group — ➔ group * * * focus group UK US noun [C] ► MARKETING a group of people brought together to discuss what they think about a particular product, advertisement, or subject, as part of a company s market research: »The agency commissioned a study… …   Financial and business terms

• Focus (band) — Focus Focus with Niels van der Steenhoven. Left to Right: Bobby Jacobs, Thijs van Leer, Niels van der Steenhoven and Pierre van der Linden Background information Origin N …   Wikipedia

• Focus the Nation — is the name of a national climate change awareness project sponsored by the [http://www.greenhousenet.org Green House Network] , a 501c3 non profit organization started in 1999. The 2008 Focus the Nation teach in took place nationwide in the… …   Wikipedia

• focus — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 special interest/attention ADJECTIVE ▪ central, main, major, primary, prime, principal, real ▪ important, speci …   Collocations dictionary

• focus — 1 verb focussing, focussed or focused 1 (I, T) to pay special attention to a particular person or thing instead of others (+ on): Modern medicine has tended to focus too much on developing highly complicated surgical techniques. | focus attention …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Brought Over The Wall — A situation where an employee in the research department of an investment bank usually a research analyst is brought over to work for the underwriting department in order to focus on a particular company. The purpose of such a transfer is to add… …   Investment dictionary