The environment was the focus of student council activities.
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Focus
//ˈfəʊ.kəs//
Synonyms for "focus" (151 found)
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Closest matches (31)
Strong matches (45)
Related words (75)
hubhypostasisin focusindistinctinner essenceintensifyintensitykernellevellimitlodestarluremagnetmarrowmeatmeetmeetingmutual approachnailnarrow
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More general
28 entriesShowing 16 of 28 words.
Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesdbpedia language
1 entriesderived
45 entriesShowing 16 of 45 words.
has context
9 entriesis a
6 entriesmanner of
2 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
similar
1 entriesTranslations
253 translations across 43 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- بُؤْرَة noun (concentration of attention)
Armenian
1 entries- կիզակետ noun (in optics)
Belarusian
2 entries- засяроджвацца verb ((intransitive) to concentrate one's attention)
- засяродзіцца verb ((intransitive) to concentrate one's attention)
Bulgarian
4 entries- фокус noun (in optics)
- фокус noun (in mathematics)
- фокус noun (quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium)
- концентрирам се verb ((intransitive) to concentrate one's attention on something)
Catalan
4 entries- focus noun (in optics)
- focus noun (in mathematics)
- focus noun (concentration of attention)
- enfocar verb (to cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 焦點 /焦点 noun (in optics)
- 集中 noun (concentration of attention)
- 集中 verb ((intransitive) to concentrate one's attention)
Czech
1 entries- ohnisko noun (in optics)
Danish
4 entries- fokus noun (in optics)
- fokus noun (in mathematics)
- fokus noun (fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium)
- fokus noun (quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium)
Dutch
4 entries- brandpunt noun (in optics)
- brandpunt noun (in mathematics)
- brandpunt noun (fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium)
- brandpunt noun (quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium)
Esperanto
4 entries- atento noun (concentration of attention)
- fokuso noun (in optics)
- fokuso noun (concentration of attention)
- enfokusigi verb ((transitive, optics) to adjust (a lens, an optical instrument))
Estonian
4 entries- fookus noun (in optics)
- fookus noun (in mathematics)
- fookus noun (fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium)
- fookus noun (quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium)
Finnish
4 entries- fokus noun (in optics)
- keskittyminen noun (concentration of attention)
- leikkauspiste noun (in mathematics)
- polttopiste noun (in optics)
French
4 entries- attention noun (concentration of attention)
- foyer noun (in optics)
- foyer noun (in mathematics)
- concentrer verb ((transitive) To direct (attention, effort, or energy to))
German
4 entries- Brennpunkt noun (in optics)
- Brennpunkt noun (in mathematics)
- Fokus noun (in optics)
- Fokus noun (fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium)
Greek
3 entries- εστιάζω verb (to cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point)
- εστιάζω verb ((transitive, optics) to adjust (a lens, an optical instrument))
- εστιάζω verb ((transitive) To direct (attention, effort, or energy to))
Hindi
1 entries- ध्यान noun (concentration of attention)
Hungarian
4 entries- fókusz noun (in optics)
- fókusz noun (fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium)
- gyújtópont noun (in optics)
- fókuszba állít verb ((transitive, optics) to adjust (a lens, an optical instrument))
Icelandic
1 entries- einbeita verb ((intransitive) to concentrate one's attention)
Ido
2 entries- enfokigar verb (to cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point)
- enfokigar verb ((transitive, optics) to adjust (a lens, an optical instrument))
Indonesian
4 entries- fokus noun (concentration of attention)
- pumpunan noun (in optics)
- pumpunan noun (concentration of attention)
- titik api noun (in optics)
Irish
4 entries- fócas noun (in optics)
- fócas noun (in mathematics)
- fócas noun (fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium)
- fócas noun (quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium)
Italian
4 entries- fuoco noun (in optics)
- fuoco noun (in mathematics)
- concentrarsi verb ((intransitive) to concentrate one's attention)
- concentrarsi verb ((intransitive) to concentrate one's attention on something)
Japanese
4 entries- ピント noun (quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium)
- 焦点 noun (in optics)
- 焦点 noun (in mathematics)
- 集中 noun (concentration of attention)
Korean
4 entries- 집중 noun (concentration of attention)
- 초점 noun (in optics)
- 초점 noun (in mathematics)
- 집중하다 verb ((intransitive) to concentrate one's attention)
Latin
2 entries- animadverto verb ((intransitive) to concentrate one's attention)
- animadverto verb ((intransitive) to concentrate one's attention on something)
Macedonian
4 entries- фокус noun (in optics)
- фокус noun (in mathematics)
- концентри́ра verb ((intransitive) to concentrate one's attention on something)
- сосредоточува verb ((intransitive) to concentrate one's attention on something)
Malagasy
1 entries- fifantohana noun (concentration of attention)
Māori
4 entries- aronga noun (concentration of attention)
- ngahunga noun (in optics)
- ngahunga noun (in mathematics)
- whakaarorangi verb ((intransitive) to concentrate one's attention)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- tîşko noun (in optics)
- tîşko noun (quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- brennpunkt noun (in optics)
- fokus noun (in optics)
- fokus noun (concentration of attention)
- fokusere verb ((intransitive) to concentrate one's attention)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- brennpunkt noun (in optics)
- fokus noun (in optics)
- fokus noun (concentration of attention)
- fokusera verb ((intransitive) to concentrate one's attention)
Oromo
1 entries- hubannaa noun (concentration of attention)
Persian
3 entries- تمرکز noun (concentration of attention)
- فوکوس noun (in optics)
- کانون noun (in optics)
Polish
4 entries- koncentracja noun (concentration of attention)
- ognisko noun (in optics)
- skoncentrować się verb ((intransitive) to concentrate one's attention)
- skupiać verb (to cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point)
Portuguese
4 entries- concentração noun (concentration of attention)
- enfoque noun (fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium)
- enfoque noun (concentration of attention)
- foco noun (in optics)
Romanian
4 entries- concentrare noun (concentration of attention)
- focaliza verb (to cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point)
- focaliza verb ((transitive, optics) to adjust (a lens, an optical instrument))
- se concentra verb ((intransitive) to concentrate one's attention)
Russian
4 entries- концентра́ция noun (concentration of attention)
- концентра́ция внима́ния noun (concentration of attention)
- наво́дка на ре́зкость noun (quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium)
- сосредото́чение noun (concentration of attention)
Spanish
4 entries- enfoque noun (fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium)
- enfoque noun (quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium)
- foco noun (in optics)
- foco noun (in mathematics)
Swedish
4 entries- brännpunkt noun (in optics)
- fokus noun (in optics)
- fokus noun (fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium)
- fokus noun (quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium)
Tagalog
2 entries- katumbukan noun (in optics)
- katumbukan noun (in mathematics)
Turkish
2 entries- odak noun (in optics)
- odaklanmak verb ((intransitive) to concentrate one's attention on something)
Ukrainian
4 entries- зосереджуватися verb ((intransitive) to concentrate one's attention)
- зосередитися verb ((intransitive) to concentrate one's attention)
- сфокусува́ти verb (to cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point)
- сфокусува́ти verb ((transitive, optics) to adjust (a lens, an optical instrument))
Vietnamese
4 entries- tiêu điểm noun (in optics)
- tiêu điểm noun (in mathematics)
- tiêu điểm noun (fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium)
- trọng tâm noun (concentration of attention)
Sample sentences
28 total sentences available.
The image is out of focus.
Source: tatoeba (26432)
A committee should apply the focus to the more concrete problem.
Source: tatoeba (28254)
Do I have to focus it?
Source: tatoeba (34437)
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