to zero in
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4.7
- phrasal verb
- /ˈziːroʊ ɪn/
:
localizar
- The detective was able to zero in on the suspect's location using the GPS tracker.
- zero in on targets
- organizations zero in on
- authors zero in on
There's this natural process of zeroing in on things, being on two sides.
- There's this natural process of zeroing in on things, being on two sides.
- But I also want to zero in if it's OK on Christy Cummings.
- And yet somehow you're zeroing in.
- Because we've already transversed these different possibilities and now we're zeroing in, not for the first time, on the human being.
- But I'm so grateful I did not zero in on what we did not have.
- His group is currently zeroing in on Yes, Pennsylvania.
- Then we'll talk about some big philosophical themes, zeroing in on important passages within the work.
- The thing I want to zero in on is this whole state trend.
- So that's our goal, kind of zeroing in on this thing that has taken over your mind space.
- So essentially what they're really doing is ruling out all the irrelevant choices and only zeroing in on the most relevant useful choices at the moment.
- So once you've zeroed in on your why and got in a very clear picture of what is authentically you, it's time to take that first step.
- And when something doesn't go the way they want, it is always about how they are being unfairly targeted and zeroed in on.
- How this scenario reflects all American scientists zeroed in on the diversity of wheats, grains dry husked and rubbed to a staticky charge.
- It's, it's you're zeroing in on the scenario in which the overplayed scenario in which the person goes to their shrink or doctor.
Examples
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Nongovernmental organizations are also zeroing in on agriculture as the key way to reduce hunger and poverty in Africa.
Academic text (2010) -
You can zero in on any target you want just by putting the green tracer line on your target.
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We'll then zero in on a case study of the estate tax.
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Oh, we can zero in on that.
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Yeah, I have all the time you need to zero in on anything you want.
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The thing I want to zero in on is this whole state trend.
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And I want to zero in on a very specific thing that takes money to do, which is obtain documents from the government.
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Just zero in on faces that look local.
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I'm zeroing in on your location.
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The FBI reportedly zeroing in on a possible suspect.
Synonyms
∞
2.0
Give most attention and effort to one person or task
123
4.0
To find the exact place or cause of something
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
17
3.7
To pay close attention to one small part or detail
8
4.9
Move accurately toward a target or focus closely on a problem
1
7.8
To aim at a target with tools like radar or GPS
Antonyms
How Focused
8
4.9
63
4.7
∞
2.0
∞
1.0
127
2.7
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'to focus or aim at a target' can be linked to 'zero' as a verb meaning to adjust sights and 'in' indicating direction, so the core idea is partially derivable from the parts. However, the technical shooting sense of 'zero' may be unfamiliar to many B1 learners and the extended, general-use phrasal meaning ('zero in on') is somewhat conventionalized, making the relation only partially transparent.
Etymology
Zero in comes from the image of a searchlight, camera, or missile turning and narrowing its aim until it is exactly on a small target, bringing the aim in to the zero spot. So it now means 'to focus closely on a particular point or target'.