FOCALIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does focalize mean? 

• FOCALIZE (verb)
  The verb FOCALIZE has 4 senses:

1. concentrate on a particular place or spot

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

3. become focussed or come into focus

4. put (an image) into focus

  Familiarity information: FOCALIZE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOCALIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they focalize    ... he / she / it focalizes   
Past simple: focalized   
Past participle: focalized   
-ing form: focalizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Concentrate on a particular place or spot

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

focalise; focalize; localise; localize

Context example:

The infection has localized in the left eye

Hypernyms (to "focalize" is one way to...):

lie (be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

focalization (the confinement of an infection to a limited area)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

concenter; concentre; focalise; focalize; focus

Hypernyms (to "focalize" is one way to...):

adjust; align; aline; line up (place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "focalize"):

refocus (focus anew)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

focalization (the act of bringing into focus)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Become focussed or come into focus

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

focalise; focalize; focus

Context example:

The light focused

Hypernyms (to "focalize" is one way to...):

adapt; adjust; conform (adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

focalization (the act of bringing into focus)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Put (an image) into focus

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

focalise; focalize; focus; sharpen

Context example:

Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie

Hypernyms (to "focalize" is one way to...):

adjust; correct; set (alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard)

Cause:

focalise; focalize; focus (become focussed or come into focus)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "focalize"):

refocus (put again into focus or focus more sharply)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

focalization (the act of bringing into focus)