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{
"focal points":{
"as in centers , hearts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"centers",
"foci",
"focuses",
"hearts",
"foregrounds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backdrops",
"backgrounds",
"grounds",
"mise-en-sc\u00e8nes",
"sceneries",
"scenes",
"sets",
"stages",
"entourages",
"environments",
"milieus",
"milieux",
"settings",
"surroundings"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"focusing":{
"as in seeing , visual":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ocular",
"optic",
"optical",
"visual",
"seeing",
"sighted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective":{
"examples":[
"try to focus your attention on the task at hand"
],
"synonyms":[
"centering",
"concentrating",
"fastening",
"riveting",
"training"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aiming",
"directing",
"homing (in on)",
"honing in (on)",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"nailing",
"pointing",
"setting",
"zeroing (in on)",
"attending",
"heeding",
"minding",
"fixating (on)",
"obsessing (over)",
"refocusing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"focussed (on)":{
"as in concentrated (on) , zeroed (in on)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buckled (down to)",
"concentrated (on)",
"knuckled down (to)",
"zeroed (in on)",
"addressed",
"approached",
"faced",
"fell (to)",
"pitched in",
"plunged (in)",
"settled (down)",
"attacked",
"dived (into)",
"dove (into)",
"tackled",
"waded (in or into)",
"pursued",
"took up",
"undertook"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoided",
"evaded",
"shunned",
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"fiddled (around)",
"fooled",
"idled",
"lagged",
"messed",
"monkeyed (around)",
"played",
"poked",
"pottered (around)",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"focusing (on)":{
"as in concentrating (on) , zeroing (in on)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buckling (down to)",
"concentrating (on)",
"knuckling down (to)",
"zeroing (in on)",
"addressing",
"approaching",
"facing",
"falling (to)",
"pitching in",
"plunging (in)",
"settling (down)",
"attacking",
"diving (into)",
"tackling",
"wading (in or into)",
"pursuing",
"taking up",
"undertaking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoiding",
"evading",
"shunning",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling",
"idling",
"lagging",
"messing",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"poking",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"focused":{
"having the mind fixed on something":{
"examples":[
"was focused on the football game and didn't hear me knock"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"attentive",
"deep",
"engrossed",
"enthralled",
"immersed",
"intent",
"observant",
"rapt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engaged",
"interested",
"intrigued",
"involved",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized",
"alert",
"alive",
"conscious",
"open-eyed",
"watchful",
"wide-awake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"daydreaming",
"dreamy",
"faraway",
"foggy",
"hazy",
"lost",
"oblivious",
"preoccupied",
"remote",
"apathetic",
"disinterested",
"uninterested"
],
"antonyms":[
"absent",
"absentminded",
"abstracted",
"distracted",
"inattentive",
"inobservant",
"unabsorbed",
"unfocused",
"unfocussed"
]
},
"not divided or scattered among several areas of interest or concern":{
"examples":[
"a focused effort to provide shelter for the homeless during the winter"
],
"synonyms":[
"all",
"concentrated",
"entire",
"exclusive",
"undivided",
"whole"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolute",
"complete",
"full",
"lump",
"teetotal",
"thorough",
"total",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"unqualified",
"utter",
"comprehensive",
"intact",
"integral",
"perfect",
"unbroken"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deficient",
"fragmental",
"fragmentary",
"halfway",
"incomplete",
"partial"
],
"antonyms":[
"diffuse",
"divided",
"scattered"
]
},
"to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective":{
"examples":[
"try to focus your attention on the task at hand"
],
"synonyms":[
"centered",
"concentrated",
"fastened",
"riveted",
"trained"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aimed",
"directed",
"homed (in on)",
"honed in (on)",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"nailed",
"pointed",
"set",
"zeroed (in on)",
"attended",
"heeded",
"minded",
"fixated (on)",
"obsessed (over)",
"refocused"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"focuses":{
"to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective":{
"examples":[
"try to focus your attention on the task at hand"
],
"synonyms":[
"centers",
"concentrates",
"fastens",
"rivets",
"trains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aims",
"directs",
"homes (in on)",
"hones in (on)",
"levels",
"nails",
"points",
"sets",
"zeroes (in on)",
"attends",
"heeds",
"minds",
"fixates (on)",
"obsesses (over)",
"refocuses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"focusses":{
"to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective":{
"examples":[
"try to focus your attention on the task at hand"
],
"synonyms":[
"centers",
"concentrates",
"fastens",
"rivets",
"trains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aims",
"directs",
"homes (in on)",
"hones in (on)",
"levels",
"nails",
"points",
"sets",
"zeroes (in on)",
"attends",
"heeds",
"minds",
"fixates (on)",
"obsesses (over)",
"refocuses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"focusses (on)":{
"as in concentrates (on) , zeroes (in on)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buckles (down to)",
"concentrates (on)",
"knuckles down (to)",
"zeroes (in on)",
"addresses",
"approaches",
"faces",
"falls (to)",
"pitches in",
"plunges (in)",
"settles (down)",
"attacks",
"dives (into)",
"tackles",
"wades (in or into)",
"pursues",
"takes up",
"undertakes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoids",
"evades",
"shuns",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"fiddles (around)",
"fools",
"idles",
"lags",
"messes",
"monkeys (around)",
"plays",
"pokes",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"focussed":{
"having the mind fixed on something":{
"examples":[
"was focused on the football game and didn't hear me knock"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"attentive",
"deep",
"engrossed",
"enthralled",
"immersed",
"intent",
"observant",
"rapt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engaged",
"interested",
"intrigued",
"involved",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized",
"alert",
"alive",
"conscious",
"open-eyed",
"watchful",
"wide-awake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"daydreaming",
"dreamy",
"faraway",
"foggy",
"hazy",
"lost",
"oblivious",
"preoccupied",
"remote",
"apathetic",
"disinterested",
"uninterested"
],
"antonyms":[
"absent",
"absentminded",
"abstracted",
"distracted",
"inattentive",
"inobservant",
"unabsorbed",
"unfocused",
"unfocussed"
]
},
"not divided or scattered among several areas of interest or concern":{
"examples":[
"a focused effort to provide shelter for the homeless during the winter"
],
"synonyms":[
"all",
"concentrated",
"entire",
"exclusive",
"undivided",
"whole"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolute",
"complete",
"full",
"lump",
"teetotal",
"thorough",
"total",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"unqualified",
"utter",
"comprehensive",
"intact",
"integral",
"perfect",
"unbroken"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deficient",
"fragmental",
"fragmentary",
"halfway",
"incomplete",
"partial"
],
"antonyms":[
"diffuse",
"divided",
"scattered"
]
},
"to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective":{
"examples":[
"try to focus your attention on the task at hand"
],
"synonyms":[
"centered",
"concentrated",
"fastened",
"riveted",
"trained"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aimed",
"directed",
"homed (in on)",
"honed in (on)",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"nailed",
"pointed",
"set",
"zeroed (in on)",
"attended",
"heeded",
"minded",
"fixated (on)",
"obsessed (over)",
"refocused"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"focus":{
"a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{
"examples":[
"in the 19th century Paris was the focus of the art world"
],
"synonyms":[
"axis",
"base",
"capital",
"center",
"central",
"core",
"cynosure",
"epicenter",
"eye",
"ground zero",
"heart",
"hub",
"locus",
"mecca",
"navel",
"nerve center",
"nexus",
"nucleus",
"omphalos",
"seat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"headquarters",
"happy hunting ground",
"hive",
"hotbed",
"hot spot",
"playground",
"playland",
"kernel",
"nub",
"pith",
"deep",
"thick",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"attraction",
"lodestone",
"loadstone",
"magnet",
"polestar"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a guiding or motivating purpose or principle":{
"examples":[
"a wildlife conservation organization that seems to have lost its focus"
],
"synonyms":[
"compass",
"cynosure",
"direction",
"lodestar",
"loadstar",
"polestar"
],
"near synonyms":[
"benchmark",
"criterion",
"grade",
"mark",
"measure",
"par",
"standard",
"touchstone",
"yardstick",
"aim",
"ambition",
"aspiration",
"dream",
"goal",
"intention",
"object",
"objective",
"purpose",
"target"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective":{
"examples":[
"try to focus your attention on the task at hand"
],
"synonyms":[
"center",
"concentrate",
"fasten",
"rivet",
"train"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aim",
"direct",
"home (in on)",
"hone in (on)",
"level",
"nail",
"point",
"set",
"zero (in on)",
"attend",
"heed",
"mind",
"fixate (on)",
"obsess (over)",
"refocus"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"focussing (on)":{
"as in concentrating (on) , zeroing (in on)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buckling (down to)",
"concentrating (on)",
"knuckling down (to)",
"zeroing (in on)",
"addressing",
"approaching",
"facing",
"falling (to)",
"pitching in",
"plunging (in)",
"settling (down)",
"attacking",
"diving (into)",
"tackling",
"wading (in or into)",
"pursuing",
"taking up",
"undertaking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoiding",
"evading",
"shunning",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling",
"idling",
"lagging",
"messing",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"poking",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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},
"focus (on)":{
"as in concentrate (on) , zero (in on)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buckle (down to)",
"concentrate (on)",
"knuckle down (to)",
"zero (in on)",
"address",
"approach",
"face",
"fall (to)",
"pitch in",
"plunge (in)",
"settle (down)",
"attack",
"dive (into)",
"tackle",
"wade (in or into)",
"pursue",
"take up",
"undertake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoid",
"evade",
"shun",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"fiddle (around)",
"fool",
"idle",
"lag",
"mess",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"poke",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}