to focalize
- verb
- /ˈfoʊkəˌlaɪz/
- Specialized
:
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- To improve patient outcomes, doctors should focalize their treatments on the most affected organs.
Examples
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And then later they focalize, they grow mainly in one place and they lose the others, OK.
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The narration that focalizes on Felipe is written in third person.
Academic text (2003) -
Indeed, the whole narrative seems to be bound by a sadomasochistic logic focalized in the novel's central symbol, the V-2 Rocket that frames the entire narrative arc.
Academic text (2017) -
The researchers decided to focalize their study on the effects of climate change in urban areas.
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During the experiment, the scientists had to focalize their observations on the reaction at specific temperature points.
Synonyms
∞
2.6
To direct attention or thoughts toward something specific
∞
2.0
Give most attention and effort to one person or task
561
3.4
To give all your attention to one thing
279
3.1
Give your full attention to one activity or subject
210
2.8
To focus most attention on one thing
55
3.1
To fix your eyes or attention on one thing
44
4.2
To give most attention to one person or thing
33
3.7
To look closely at one part to see small details
23
4.8
To keep something within one area so it does not spread
23
3.9
Adjust something so it is clear or pay attention to something again
17
3.7
To pay close attention to one small part or detail
To make your attention clearer and stronger
To focus the eyes or a camera on a point so you see it very clearly
Antonyms
How Focused
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Focalize comes from focus ('a point' or 'center') and the ending -ize ('to make'). In science and medicine a 'focus' is the exact spot where something happens, so to focalize is to direct activity or an effect to that one spot.