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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

Vaughan said Buttler is focussing too much on his technique while attempting to get out of his rut.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

The NHS was thought to have only two weeks' supply in stock and so was focussing on emergency patients and the most complex cases on the waiting list.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

Campbell insisted he was focussing on the future and delivering on his election promises.

From BBC • Aug. 15, 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