focussing

VERB

aim attention at

Synonyms

STRONGEST

attract concentrate direct fixate meet put

STRONG

adjust center centralize concenter convene converge fasten fix join pinpoint rivet sharpen spotlight sweat

WEAK

bring out home in home in on hone in key on knuckle down move in pour it on zero in zoom in

Antonyms

STRONG

disarrange disorganize disperse divide ignore scatter separate

WEAK

neglect

Example Sentences

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The Green Party also has two sitting councillors and group leader Lauren McLay wants to see a new approach to housing focussing on affordability.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

What is the multi-trillion pound industry focussing on in 2026?

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

"The Turing is focussing on high-impact missions that support the UK's sovereign AI capabilities, including in defence and national security," the spokesperson said.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2025

The comments came after Trump criticised countries over their trade policies towards the US, focussing on Japanese rice imports.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2025

Occasionally, focussing on a linguistic alteration can mislead us into thinking that something important has happened when it hasn’t, or that something happened at a particular moment when it actually happened earlier.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton