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Definitions

focalize

[foh-kuh-lahyz] / ˈfoʊ kəˌlaɪz /
VERB
center
Synonyms
STRONGEST
attract focus gather intensify meet
STRONG
centralize collect concenter consolidate join unify
WEAK
bring to a focus bring together close on converge upon medialize
Antonyms
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divide separate
STRONG
disjoin disperse scatter
WEAK
dissipate
VERB
concentrate
Synonyms
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accumulate cluster combine consolidate eliminate focus integrate intensify reduce strengthen
STRONG
agglomerate aggregate amass assemble bunch center centralize coalesce collect compact compress congest conglomerate congregate constrict contract converge cramp crowd embody forgather garner heap hoard huddle localize mass muster narrow pile store swarm unify
WEAK
draw together get to the meat heap up salt away zero in
Antonyms
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disperse divide part separate weaken
STRONG
dissipate enlarge expand extend give increase let go loosen release retreat scatter spend spread squander stretch throw away uncondense waste
VERB
converge
Synonyms
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assemble concentrate mingle
STRONG
coincide combine concenter concur encounter focus join meet merge rally unite
WEAK
come together enter in
Antonyms
STRONGEST
disperse scatter
STRONG
avoid differ disagree disconnect disjoin divide part separate
WEAK
diverge spread

Example Sentences

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We 'll have up a couple of dollars, just to focalize the interest.

From Checkers A Hard-luck Story by Blossom, Henry M.

Most men have ability enough, if they could only focalize it into one grand, central, all-absorbing purpose, to accomplish great things.

From How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune by Marden, Orison Swett

Such a construction is particularly stable, as these focalize on the line of interest.

From Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures by Poore, Henry Rankin

They lack the burning glass of a purpose, to focalize upon one  spot the separate rays of their ability.

From How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune by Marden, Orison Swett

The bacilli multiply everywhere, but seem for some reason to focalize chiefly in the alimentary canal, and especially the middle part of it, the small intestines.

From Preventable Diseases by Hutchinson, Woods

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.