FOCUS
What does "FOCUS" mean?
The center of interest or activity, or the state of clear visual or mental concentration.
Meanings
- The center of interest, attention, or activity. Climate became the focus of the entire campaign.
- The state in which an image is sharply defined. Turn the dial slowly until the stars come into focus.
- The point at which rays of light, heat, or sound converge. The lens gathers sunlight at a single burning focus. technical
- To concentrate attention or effort on something. Try to focus on one task before opening another tab.
- To adjust an instrument or the eye to produce a clear image. She focused the telescope on the rings of Saturn.
Did you know?
- Focus is Latin for fireplace - Johannes Kepler gave it its mathematical and optical meaning in 1604, naming the spot where light gathers after the spot where a household's warmth once did.
Word origin
From Latin 'focus' meaning 'hearth' or 'fireplace'; Johannes Kepler repurposed it in 1604 for the point where light rays converge.
Remember it
FOCUS: Follow One Course Until Successful - and the Latin root literally means hearth, the one warm spot a home gathers around.
A little poem
The blur holds its breath-
one half-turn of the small wheel
and the world says yes.
haiku
Wordplay
- My photographer friend left his wife. He just couldn't focus on the relationship - everything in his life was out of frame.
What it teaches
Attention is a lens, not a floodlight: the same energy burns through paper only when it gathers to a point.
Quick facts
What does FOCUS mean?
The center of interest or activity, or the state of clear visual or mental concentration.
Is FOCUS a valid word?
Yes — FOCUS is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is FOCUS?
FOCUS has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does FOCUS come from?
From Latin 'focus' meaning 'hearth' or 'fireplace'; Johannes Kepler repurposed it in 1604 for the point where light rays converge.
What can FOCUS teach us?
Attention is a lens, not a floodlight: the same energy burns through paper only when it gathers to a point.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.