Refocus

verb

verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    to focus on something else intransitive

    "Labour frontbencher Louise Haigh (Shadow Transport Secretary for heaven's sake!) initially lambasted TOCs before the handful of specialist rail commentators fell on her tweets and she changed her tune, refocusing her fire on Government."

  2. 2
    put again into focus or focus more sharply wordnet
  3. 3
    to change the focus of transitive

    "to refocus a microscope"

  4. 4
    focus anew wordnet
  5. 5
    to change one's priorities intransitive
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  1. 6
    focus once again wordnet
  2. 7
    to come back into focus intransitive

    "Presently the white, broken stumps, the split sticks and the tangle of the thicket refocused."

Example

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"He needed to refocus his thoughts."

Etymology

From re- + focus.

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