to focalize

Examples

• All

• The events are focalized initially through Charles, and further on, in the second section of the story, through Eve.

  Academic text (2009)

• Clarissa's views on Jed are, on the whole, focalized through Joe.

  Academic text (2009)

• Still, they all get their chance to focalize the story that the extra- and heterodiegetic narrator is telling.

  Academic text (2009)

• Charles is focalized from within and through the eyes of Eve, who observes her father from the window of her apartment.

  Academic text (2009)

• The second section of the story offers a more precise portrait of Pierre, who is focalized through Eve.

  Academic text (2009)

• The task of the reader is to focalize women's actions and interjections.

  Academic text (2017)

• Hence, the reader will consider these descriptions to be focalized through the narrator.

  Academic text (2009)

• "Because most of the novel is focalized through Camilla, we lack the full context of Edgar's point of view.

  Academic text (2018)

• In the externally focalized bird section that opens part four, the focalization suddenly shifts and becomes internal.

  Academic text (2009)

• It even resurfaces in the final sections focalized through Barbara and Weber.

  Academic text (2009)

Synonyms

F

to focus

vsto focalize

∞ 2.6

To direct attention or thoughts toward something specific

is wider, also about bringing things together or making them converge

F

to focus on

vsto focalize

∞ 2.0

Give most attention and effort to one person or task

can mean that but also means causing things to converge or align

C

to concentrate

vsto focalize

561 3.4

To give all your attention to one thing

adds the idea of aligning or concentrating things in one place as well

C

to center

vsto focalize

• US

210 2.8

To focus most attention on one thing

is similar but stresses concentrating or aligning elements, not just importance

Z

to zoom in

vsto focalize

• Texting

33 3.7

To look closely at one part to see small details

can mean that but also involves making things align or come together

S

to sharpen

vsto focalize

26 3.1

To make an idea, image, or argument clearer and more precise

adds the sense of bringing or concentrating things together in one place

L

to localize

vsto focalize

• US

23 4.8

To keep something within one area so it does not spread

is less about confinement and more about making things converge or align clearly

R

to refocus

vsto focalize

23 3.9

Adjust something so it is clear or pay attention to something again

covers that idea but also means initiating focus or causing convergence initially

Z

to zoom in on

vsto focalize

17 3.7

To pay close attention to one small part or detail

is broader, also used for aligning or concentrating across a whole area

C

to concenter

vsto focalize

• Archaic

9.3

To bring attention, ideas, or efforts together on one thing

focuses more on making a single point clear rather than just convergence

S

to sharpen focus

vsto focalize

4.0

To make your attention clearer and stronger

also includes the physical idea of aligning or converging objects or ideas

Antonyms

S

to scatter

110 2.7

To make people or animals move quickly in different directions

D

to dissipate

48 6.8

To make something spread out and disappear, for example fog or tension

How Focused

to focus

∞ 2.6

to focalize

7.9

to direct

245 1.8

to aim

304 1.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology