FOCUSING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does focusing mean? 

• FOCUSING (noun)
  The noun FOCUSING has 2 senses:

1. the concentration of attention or energy on something

2. the act of bringing into focus

  Familiarity information: FOCUSING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOCUSING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The concentration of attention or energy on something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

centering; direction; focal point; focus; focusing; focussing

Context example:

he had no direction in his life

Hypernyms ("focusing" is a kind of...):

absorption; concentration; engrossment; immersion (complete attention; intense mental effort)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "focusing"):

particularism (a focus on something particular)

Derivation:

focus (direct one's attention on something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of bringing into focus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

focalisation; focalization; focusing

Hypernyms ("focusing" is a kind of...):

intensification (action that makes something stronger or more extreme)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "focusing"):

refocusing (focusing again)

Derivation:

focus (put (an image) into focus)

focus (become focussed or come into focus)

focus (bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions)

focus (cause to converge on or toward a central point)

 Context examples 

Effective surgical techniques and optical focusing approaches would first need to be developed for the use of this treatment in people, however.

(Laser Therapy Prompts Regeneration in Teeth, NIH)

Toxicology focusing on the effects of drugs on genetics material and the generation of mutations and cancer.

(Genetic Toxicology, NCI Thesaurus)

Refraction of light contributing to eye's focusing ability is its characteristic function.

(Cornea, NCI Thesaurus)

The branch of genetics focusing on human heredity.

(Human Genetics, NCI Thesaurus)

A subdiscipline of nursing focusing on care for patients with short term illnesses.

(Acute Illnesses Nursing, NCI Thesaurus)

ABTA has a special funding program for scientists sponsored by NIH, and sponsors a research study focusing on familial brain tumors.

(American Brain Tumor Association, NCI Thesaurus)

A medical specialty focusing on the normal blood circulation of the brain and on changes due to pathology.

(Cerebrovascular Physiology, NCI Thesaurus)

Environmental engineering focusing on issues related to air quality management and remediation.

(Environmental Engineering, Atmosphere, NCI Thesaurus)

Environmental engineering focusing on issues related to land management and pollution remediation.

(Environmental Engineering, Land, NCI Thesaurus)

The act or process of concentrating, focusing the attention and mental energy on a single object to the exclusion of others.

(Attention Concentration, NCI Thesaurus)