focus
verb /ˈfəʊ.kəs/
/ˈfoʊ-/ (-s-)Definition
› [T] If you focus a device such as a camera or microscope, you move a device on the lens so that you can see a clear picture.Photography › [I or T] If you focus your eyes, or if your eyes focus, you try to look directly at an object so that you can see it more clearly: When they first took the bandages off, she/her eyes couldn't focus properly (= she couldn't see clearly).Using the eyesEyesight, glasses and lensesThe eye and surrounding areaPerceptive
(Definition of focus verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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