"focused" in the verb sense

1. concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet

direct one's attention on something

"Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"

2. focus

cause to converge on or toward a central point

"Focus the light on this image"

3. concenter, concentre, focalize, focalise, focus

bring into focus or alignment to converge or cause to converge of ideas or emotions

4. focus, focalize, focalise

become focussed or come into focus

"The light focused"

5. focus, focalize, focalise, sharpen

put (an image) into focus we cannot enjoy the movie"

"Please focus the image

"focused" in the adjective sense

1. focused, focussed

being in focus or brought into focus

2. focused, focussed

of light rays) converging on a point

"focused light rays can set something afire"

3. focused

of an optical system (e.g. eye or opera glasses) adjusted to produce a clear image

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