Focalize (Verb)
Meaning 1
Put (an image) into focus; "Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- Adjust the lens to focalize the picture on the TV for a sharper view.
- The photographer took a few moments to focalize the camera before taking the shot.
- You need to adjust the projector settings to focalize the images on the screen.
- The IT specialist instructed us to wait while she tries to focalize the blurry text on the presentation slide.
- Please let me adjust the microscope to properly focalize the specimen being studied.
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Meaning 2
Concentrate on a particular place or spot; "The infection has localized in the left eye".
Classification
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
Examples
- The impact of the disease began to focalize in the lungs, causing severe respiratory problems.
- As the infection worsened, it seemed to focalize around her surgical incision site.
- The specialists tried to determine the area where the cancer would focalize next.
- After a series of treatments, the disease started to focalize only in a smaller region of the tumor.
- Scans showed the inflammation had begun to focalize primarily in her sinuses.
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Meaning 3
Bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions.
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Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
Examples
- The artist's use of color helped to focalize the viewer's attention on the main subject of the painting.
- As the community came together to support the cause, their emotions began to focalize around a shared sense of purpose.
- The therapist encouraged her client to explore his feelings in order to focalize his thoughts and emotions around the issue.
- The camera lens adjusted automatically to focalize the image and create a sharper picture.
- The writer's goal was to focalize the reader's attention on the main theme of the story through subtle suggestions and imagery.
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Meaning 4
Become focussed or come into focus; "The light focused".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- Her thoughts began to focalize as she spoke about her childhood memories, transporting her to a different era.
- The city's landscape will focalize around the newly constructed skyscraper that dwarfs every other building.
- The microscope slide began to focalize under high power revealing cellular structures in greater detail.
- The events of that night still had not focalized for him as his recollections were hazy and confused.
- After months of exploring different interests, she finally started to focalize on a career in photography.