Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective same as
focused (in all senses).
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- adjective UK Alternative spelling of
focused . - verb UK Simple past tense and past participle of
focus .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of light rays) converging on a point
- adjective being in focus or brought into focus
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Examples
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Being a low-cost carrier, we'll remain focussed on providing the best prices to customers.
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Remembering that the idea is to remain focussed on your task as much as possible, this process will be easy if you are enjoying what you are doing, or if it requires a lot of concentration.
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Remembering that the idea is to remain focussed on your task as much as possible, this process will be easy if you are enjoying what you are doing, or if it requires a lot of concentration.
Learn To Meditate While Doing Household Chores | Lifehacker Australia 2008
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This viewpoint usually presents a very impassionate and impersonal story, so here it's very refreshing and eye opening to see it from the two viewpoints of the girl and American, and for the film to remain focussed in this way.
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There is so much happening each day that its difficult to remain focussed on one thing to write about, but I will start with the crazy treadmill of a routine the Peace Corps has established for us.
Wanderlustress: 2004
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There is so much happening each day that its difficult to remain focussed on one thing to write about, but I will start with the crazy treadmill of a routine the Peace Corps has established for us.
The Routine 2004
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It was necessary to concentrate on a durable, sustainable and long-term focussed crime reduction strategy.
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Obama's strategy is now described as focussed on securing the main cities in Afghanistan, while abandoning most of the country to the Taliban.
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Suffice it to say that the rays which have a constant ratio between electrical charge and mass are focussed, that is to say caused to converge to a common centre, the situation of which, in relation to other similar focusses, can be exactly determined with the help of a photographic plate.
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While Horne's 2008 Edinburgh Fringe show of the same name focussed more on the personal quest - which took him all the way to the hallowed hotseat of a Vorderman-era Countdown showdown - the book covers a lot more etymological ground.
Chortle News RSS 2010
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