focus

VERBNOUN /foʊkəs/
5 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH F

focus is a valid 5-letter word worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
F4O1C3U1S1
4 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 =10 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 20TRIPLE WORD → 30
MEANING

What does focus mean?

VERB · 5 SENSES
1

Become focussed or come into focus.

“The light focused”

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2

Cause to converge on or toward a central point.

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3

Direct one's attention on something.

“Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies”

4

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

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5

Put (an image) into focus.

“Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie”

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NOUN · 7 SENSES
1

Maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea.

“the controversy brought clearly into focus an important difference of opinion”

2

Maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system.

“in focus”

“out of focus”

3

The concentration of attention or energy on something.

“the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology”

4

Special emphasis attached to something.

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5

A central point or locus of an infection in an organism.

“the focus of infection”

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A point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges.

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A fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section.

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Anagrams of focus

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