(to focus attention)
1focus attention on — index concentrate (pay attention), specialize Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2focus attention — direct attention to …
3focus attention on — direct concentration and awareness on, pay attention to, observe, heed …
4focus — fo‧cus [ˈfəʊkəs ǁ ˈfoʊ ] noun [uncountable] MARKETING when a company tries to serve particular groups of customers in a market with particular needs, rather than trying to serve the whole market focuser noun [countable] : • The focuser seeks to… …
5focus — fo|cus1 [ foukəs ] (present participle fo|cus|ing or fo|cus|sing; past tense and past participle fo|cused or fo|cussed) verb intransitive or transitive *** 1. ) to concentrate on something and pay particular attention to it: I know you re tired,… …
6focus */*/*/ — I UK [ˈfəʊkəs] / US [ˈfoʊkəs] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms focus : present tense I/you/we/they focus he/she/it focusses or focuses present participle focusing or focussing past tense focused or focussed past participle focused or… …
7focus — 1 verb focussing, focussed or focused 1 (I, T) to pay special attention to a particular person or thing instead of others (+ on): Modern medicine has tended to focus too much on developing highly complicated surgical techniques. | focus attention …
8attention — attentional, adj. n. /euh ten sheuhn/; interj. /euh ten shun /, n. 1. the act or faculty of attending, esp. by directing the mind to an object. 2. Psychol. a. a concentration of the mind on a single object or thought, esp. one preferentially… …
9attention — at|ten|tion W1S1 [əˈtenʃən] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(listen/look/think carefully)¦ 2¦(interest)¦ 3¦(notice)¦ 4¦(repair/cleaning)¦ 5¦(care)¦ 6 stand to/at attention 7 attention! 8 for the attention of somebody ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; …
10attention — [[t]əte̱nʃ(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦ attentions 1) N UNCOUNT: also N in pl, usu with poss If you give someone or something your attention, you look at it, listen to it, or think about it carefully. You have my undivided attention... Later he turned his… …
