Focalize

verb

verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To focus, or to adjust a focus.
  2. 2
    put (an image) into focus wordnet
  3. 3
    To sharpen an image by focusing.
  4. 4
    become focussed or come into focus wordnet
  5. 5
    To concentrate on a particular location; to localize.
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  1. 6
    bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions wordnet
  2. 7
    To switch to a particular perspective (focalization).

    "The protagonist of The Monkey Wrench foGang, George Washington Hayduke […] is a smelly, "hairy, bawdy, independent loner" (Barber 1996, 133) and disillusioned ex-Green Beret who acts as crass as the third-person narrator who often focalizes through him."

  3. 8
    concentrate on a particular place or spot wordnet

Synonyms

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concenterconcenterconcentrateconcentreconvergefocalise

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"The protagonist of The Monkey Wrench foGang, George Washington Hayduke […] is a smelly, "hairy, bawdy, independent loner" (Barber 1996, 133) and disillusioned ex-Green Beret who acts as crass as the third-person narrator who often focalizes through him."

Etymology

From focal + -ize.

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