Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for focus

Two senses of focus live in the word bank, and they take different synonyms. The sentence under each one is what tells them apart.

Tier 1, Foothills · 2 senses · verb · Reason line included

Sense 1 of 2verbTier 1, FoothillsThinking and knowing

direct one's attention on something

Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

concentrate

Same sentence, swapped: Please concentrate on your studies and not on your hobbies.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for focus as it is used in the sentence above.

block
consider
flower

Sense 2 of 2verbTier 3, RidgelineChange

put (an image) into focus

Please focus the image: we cannot enjoy the movie.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

sharpen

Same sentence, swapped: Please sharpen the image: we cannot enjoy the movie.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for focus as it is used in the sentence above.

center
blur
zero

Read nextThe whole library →

Closest first: other thinking and knowing words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

followverbtracefollow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of somethingFoothills formnoun, verbkinda category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or qualityFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line frameverbborderenclose in or as if in a frameFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line geniusnounwondersomeone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originalityFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line basisnounbasethe fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explainedTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line bearverbstandput up with something or somebody unpleasantFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line believeverbthinkjudge or regardFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line finishedadjectiveruinedbrought to ruinFoothills

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