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♦ focus /ˈfəʊkəs/1 (fis., geom., ottica, fotogr.) fuoco: the focus of a lens, il fuoco di una lente; the foci of an ellipse, i fuochi di un'ellisse; real [virtual] focus, fuoco reale [virtuale]; in focus, a fuoco; out of focus, fuori fuoco; to bring into focus, mettere a fuoco; to come into focus, mettersi a fuoco; to go out of focus, non essere più a fuoco2 (solo sing.) centro (dell'interesse, dell'attenzione); punto focale: the focus of attention, il centro dell'attenzione; the focus of a debate, l'argomento al centro di un dibattito; The focus has so far been on the new airport, fino a questo momento tutta l'attenzione si è concentrata sul nuovo aeroporto; The boy is the focus of their affections, il loro affetto è tutto concentrato sul ragazzo; to shift the focus on st., spostare l'attenzione su qc.3 (solo sing.) enfasi; rilievo: This issue should be brought into sharper focus, questa questione dovrebbe essere messa più in rilievo5 (med.) focolaio● (polit., econ.) focus group, ‘focus group’ ( piccolo gruppo di persone riunito da sondaggisti, ricercatori di mercato, ecc. per discutere un argomento assegnato) □ (cinem.) focus puller, assistente operatore addetto ai fuochi.♦ (to) focus /ˈfəʊkəs/A v. t.1 (fis., elettron., fotogr.) mettere a fuoco; focalizzare: to focus the camera lens, mettere a fuoco l'obiettivo della macchina fotografica3 (fig.) concentrare; far convergere; appuntare: to focus one's eyes on st., concentrare il proprio sguardo su qc.; fissare qc.; All eyes were focused on her, tutti gli sguardi erano appuntati su di lei; to focus one's attention [efforts] on st., concentrare la propria attenzione [i propri sforzi] su qc.; to focus a debate on st., portare qc. al centro di un dibattito; Our efforts are focused on reaching this goal, tutti i nostri sforzi sono concentrati sul raggiungimento di questo obiettivoB v. i.2 (fisiol.) mettere a fuoco le immagini: A newborn baby cannot focus, un neonato non riesce a mettere a fuoco le immagini4 (fig.) convergere; appuntarsi; essere incentrato: All eyes focused on them, tutti gli sguardi si sono concentrati (o si sono appuntati) su di lorofocuseda.2 concentrato; intentofocusingn. [u](fis., fotogr.) messa a fuoco; focalizzazione● (fotogr.) focusing screen, schermo di messa a fuoco.
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