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verb
- To concentrate or focus one's attention (on a task).
- To successfully narrow down a search (for).
- To focus one's aim; to zoom in and center (on something).
- (idiomatic) To converge (on).
- direct onto a point or target, especially by automatic navigational aids
- adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun)
noun
- (uncountable) Concentration of attention.
- the concentration of attention or energy on something
- (countable, seismology) The exact point of where an earthquake occurs, in three dimensions (underneath the epicentre).
- (countable, optics) A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.
- (ichthyology) The centre of an older fish's scale, which is the point where a younger fish's scale starts to grow from.
- (countable, geometry) A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge.
- (countable) Something to which activity, attention or interest is primarily directed.
- (linguistics) The most important word or phrase in a sentence or passage, or the one that imparts information.
- An object used in casting a magic spell.
- (uncountable, photography, cinematography) The quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.
- (graphical user interface) The status of being the currently active element in a user interface, often indicated by a visual highlight.
- (uncountable, photography, cinematography) The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.
- maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system
- a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges
- special emphasis attached to something
- a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section
- maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea
- a central point or locus of an infection in an organism
verb
- (intransitive) To concentrate one’s attention.
- (transitive, optics) To adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the focal plane.
- (computing, graphical user interface, transitive) To transfer the input focus to (a visual element), so that it receives subsequent input.
- (transitive) To cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point.
- (transitive) To direct attention, effort, or energy to a particular audience or task.
- (accounting, formerly) To aggregate figures of accounts.
- (intransitive, optics, of a lens, optical instrument, etc.) To adjust itself or be adjusted such that light from a scene converges appropriately to create a clear image.
- (intransitive, followed by on or upon) To concentrate one's attention on something; to have as one's central point of interest, concern, etc.
- put (an image) into focus
- direct one's attention on something
- bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions
- cause to converge on or toward a central point
- become focussed or come into focus
noun
- complete attention; intense mental effort
- the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
- the mental state of being preoccupied by something
- the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
- (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid
- (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium
- Mental assimilation.
- Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind.
- (meteorology) The process in which incident radiant energy is retained by a substance (such as an air mass) by conversion to some other form of energy (such as heat).
- (physical chemistry, physics) the imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action, of radiant energy; the process of being neutrons being absorbed by the nucleus; interception.
- (physiology) in living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs; taking in by various means, such as by osmosis.
- The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
- assimilation; incorporation.
- (electrical engineering) The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.
noun
- complete attention; intense mental effort
- bringing together military forces
- the spatial property of being crowded together
- increase in density
- great and constant diligence and attention
- strengthening the concentration (as of a solute in a mixture) by removing diluting material
- the strength of a solution; number of molecules of a substance in a given volume
- The direction of attention to a specific object.
- (physical chemistry) The amount of solute in a solution measured in suitable units (e.g., parts per million (ppm))
- The matching game pelmanism.
- The act, process or product of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation.
- The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water.
- A field or course of study on which one focuses, especially as a student in a college or university.
- The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.
- The proportion of a substance in a whole.
noun
- complete attention; intense mental effort
- the quality of being intent and concentrated
- (uncountable) The state of being engrossed; concentration or preoccupation.
- the mental state of being preoccupied by something
- (countable, law, informal) Such document that has not yet been executed or completed.
- (countable, law) The fact or instance of preparing the final draft legal document for execution or completion.
noun
- complete attention; intense mental effort
- a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged
- (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse
- the act of wetting something by submerging it
- sinking until covered completely with water
- (mathematics) A smooth map whose differential is everywhere injective, related to the mathematical concept of an embedding.
- (art) A creative relationship with one's social and ecological environment as practiced by the Brooklyn Immersionists.
- Deep engagement in something.
- (education) A form of foreign-language teaching where the language is used intensively to teach other subjects to a student.
- The total submerging of a person in water as an act of baptism.
- (astronomy) The disappearance of a celestial body, by passing either behind another, as in the occultation of a star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a satellite.
- (British, Ireland, informal) An immersion heater.
- One's suspension of disbelief while reading, playing a video game, etc. The experience of losing oneself in a fictional world.
noun
- (uncountable) Mental focus.
- the faculty or power of mental concentration
- (uncountable, machine learning) A kind of prioritisation technique in neural networks that assigns soft weights between tokens from two (or more) input sequences in order to compute the required output.
- (uncountable, military) A state of alertness in the standing position.
- (countable) An action or remark expressing concern for or interest in someone or something, especially romantic interest.
- a general interest that leads people to want to know more
- a courteous act indicating affection
- a motionless erect stance with arms at the sides and feet together; assumed by military personnel during drill or review
- the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
- the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
intj
noun
- One who concentrates.
- (firearms) A frame or ring of wire or hard paper fitting into the cartridge case used in some shotguns, and holding the shot together when discharged, to secure close shooting; also, a device for slightly narrowing the bore at the muzzle for the same purpose.
- (telecommunications) A hub.
- (mining) An apparatus for the separation of dry comminuted ore, by exposing it to intermittent puffs of air.
noun
- the concentration of attention or energy on something
- (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back
- (countable) A type of formwork which serves as a temporary structure during the construction of arches and bridges.
- (chiefly uncountable) The process of moving something to a centre, normally before some other process.
verb
noun
- the concentration of attention or energy on something
- a line leading to a place or point
- something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
- the act of setting and holding a course
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
- the act of managing something
- a general course along which something has a tendency to develop
- the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves
- a message describing how something is to be done
- The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc.
- A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).
- A general trend for future action.
- Guidance, instruction.
noun
- the concentration of attention or energy on something
- a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges
- a central point or locus of an infection in an organism
- (art) A feature that attracts particular attention.
- (game theory) A solution that people will tend to use in the absence of communication, because it seems natural, special, or relevant.
- (optics) A focus; a point at which rays of light or other radiation converge.
- The centre of any activity.
noun
adj
verb
verb
- (intransitive) To concentrate; attend.
- (transitive) To depress; discourage; fatigue.
- (transitive) To criticise; to be strict towards.
- (intransitive, slang, US) To use a drug, especially heroin.
- (transitive) To record, most often in writing.
- (transitive, intransitive, slang, US) To do or perform well; to make happen; to make a serious effort at doing something.
- (informal, intransitive) To duck or take cover, usually to avoid harm. Commonly used as a caution or warning in the imperative.
- (informal, intransitive) To dance, particularly without inhibition or restraint, or in a sexually suggestive manner.
- (transitive, intransitive, slang, US) To bet on (something); to place bets; to gamble.
- (informal, intransitive, slang) To have sex.
- (intransitive, British, informal, of a child) To leave the table after dining.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, down.
- (informal, intransitive) To party.
- (transitive or intransitive) To bring or come down; to descend; to cause to bring or come down.
- (transitive) To swallow (something).
- (intransitive) To relax and enjoy oneself completely; be uninhibited in one's enjoyment.
- move something or somebody to a lower position
- lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
- pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
- lower (one's body) as by kneeling
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- alight from (a horse)
- put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.
verb
- engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively
- occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance
- (transitive) To worry or concern (someone) so as to distract them.
- (transitive) To distract; to draw attention elsewhere.
adj
- Involving much activity in a short period of time; highly concentrated.
- Done with intensity or to a great degree; thorough.
- (agriculture, economics) Of agriculture: increasing the productivity of an area of land.
- Of or pertaining to innate or internal intensity or strength rather than outward extent.
- Being made more intense.
- Chiefly suffixed to a noun: using something with intensity; requiring a great amount of something; demanding.
- (linguistics) Of a word: serving to give emphasis or force.
- (medicine) Chiefly in intensive care: of care or treatment: involving a great degree of life support, monitoring, and other forms of effort in order to manage life-threatening conditions.
- characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form
- tending to give force or emphasis
- of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor
noun
- (education) A course taught intensively, involving much activity in a short period of time.
- A thing which makes something more intense; specifically (linguistics), a form of a word with a more forceful or stronger sense than the root on which it is built.
- a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies
noun
- the state of high or excessive activity or productivity or concentration
- a high gear used at high speeds to maintain the driving speed with less output power
- (euphemistic, slang) Freewheeling (driving a vehicle with the transmission in neutral) on downhill stretches to achieve higher fuel economy and/or speed than otherwise. In colloquial registers, ethnically bigoted variants have been common, such as Jewish overdrive (alluding to the stereotype of miserly Jews) or Mexican overdrive or Polish overdrive (alluding to stereotypes of foolishness and poverty).
- (uncountable, figurative) A state of heightened activity.
- (engineering, mechanical) A gear ratio higher than 1:1: one in which a single revolution of the driving element corresponds to more than one revolution of the driven element.
verb
noun
- excessive or irrational devotion to some activity
- a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
- a form of sexual desire in which gratification depends to an abnormal degree on some object or item of clothing or part of the body
- A recurrent theme of a specific thing.
- (countable, uncountable) Sexual fixation to or arousal at something abnormally sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a nonsexual part of the body.
- An irrational or abnormal preoccupation or fixation on some object or activity; an obsession.
- Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman.
noun
noun
- A fixed mental tendency or obsession.
- (psychology) A group of emotionally charged ideas or mental factors, unconsciously associated by the individual with a particular subject, arising from repressed instincts, fears, or desires and often resulting in mental abnormality.
- (taxonomy) A group of closely related species, often distinguished only with difficulty by traditional morphological methods.
- (linguistics) A multimorphemic word, one with several parts, one with affixes.
- A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.
- An organized cluster of thunderstorms.
- (chemistry) A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules, as for example coordination compounds in inorganic chemistry and protein complexes in biochemistry.
- (mathematics) A complex number.
- A cluster of wildfires burning in the same vicinity.
- An assemblage of related things; a collection.
- A network of interconnected systems.
- a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts
- a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated
- a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
- (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior
adj
- (mathematics, algebra) Whose coefficients are complex numbers; defined over the field of complex numbers.
- Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
- (geometry) A curve, polygon or other figure that crosses or intersects itself.
- (mathematics, mathematical analysis, of a function) Whose range is a subset of the complex numbers.
- Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.
- (mathematics, of a number) Having the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is (by definition) the imaginary square root of −1.
- difficult to analyze or understand
- complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts
verb
noun
- (uncountable) Concentration of attention.
- the concentration of attention or energy on something
- (countable, seismology) The exact point of where an earthquake occurs, in three dimensions (underneath the epicentre).
- (countable, optics) A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.
- (ichthyology) The centre of an older fish's scale, which is the point where a younger fish's scale starts to grow from.
- (countable, geometry) A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge.
- (countable) Something to which activity, attention or interest is primarily directed.
- (linguistics) The most important word or phrase in a sentence or passage, or the one that imparts information.
- An object used in casting a magic spell.
- (uncountable, photography, cinematography) The quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.
- (graphical user interface) The status of being the currently active element in a user interface, often indicated by a visual highlight.
- (uncountable, photography, cinematography) The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.
- maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system
- a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges
- special emphasis attached to something
- a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section
- maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea
- a central point or locus of an infection in an organism
verb
- (intransitive) To concentrate one’s attention.
- (transitive, optics) To adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the focal plane.
- (computing, graphical user interface, transitive) To transfer the input focus to (a visual element), so that it receives subsequent input.
- (transitive) To cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point.
- (transitive) To direct attention, effort, or energy to a particular audience or task.
- (accounting, formerly) To aggregate figures of accounts.
- (intransitive, optics, of a lens, optical instrument, etc.) To adjust itself or be adjusted such that light from a scene converges appropriately to create a clear image.
- (intransitive, followed by on or upon) To concentrate one's attention on something; to have as one's central point of interest, concern, etc.
- put (an image) into focus
- direct one's attention on something
- bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions
- cause to converge on or toward a central point
- become focussed or come into focus
noun
- complete attention; intense mental effort
- the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
- the mental state of being preoccupied by something
- the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
- (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid
- (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium
- Mental assimilation.
- Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind.
- (meteorology) The process in which incident radiant energy is retained by a substance (such as an air mass) by conversion to some other form of energy (such as heat).
- (physical chemistry, physics) the imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action, of radiant energy; the process of being neutrons being absorbed by the nucleus; interception.
- (physiology) in living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs; taking in by various means, such as by osmosis.
- The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
- assimilation; incorporation.
- (electrical engineering) The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.
noun
- complete attention; intense mental effort
- bringing together military forces
- the spatial property of being crowded together
- increase in density
- great and constant diligence and attention
- strengthening the concentration (as of a solute in a mixture) by removing diluting material
- the strength of a solution; number of molecules of a substance in a given volume
- The direction of attention to a specific object.
- (physical chemistry) The amount of solute in a solution measured in suitable units (e.g., parts per million (ppm))
- The matching game pelmanism.
- The act, process or product of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation.
- The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water.
- A field or course of study on which one focuses, especially as a student in a college or university.
- The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.
- The proportion of a substance in a whole.
noun
- complete attention; intense mental effort
- the quality of being intent and concentrated
- (uncountable) The state of being engrossed; concentration or preoccupation.
- the mental state of being preoccupied by something
- (countable, law, informal) Such document that has not yet been executed or completed.
- (countable, law) The fact or instance of preparing the final draft legal document for execution or completion.
noun
- complete attention; intense mental effort
- a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged
- (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse
- the act of wetting something by submerging it
- sinking until covered completely with water
- (mathematics) A smooth map whose differential is everywhere injective, related to the mathematical concept of an embedding.
- (art) A creative relationship with one's social and ecological environment as practiced by the Brooklyn Immersionists.
- Deep engagement in something.
- (education) A form of foreign-language teaching where the language is used intensively to teach other subjects to a student.
- The total submerging of a person in water as an act of baptism.
- (astronomy) The disappearance of a celestial body, by passing either behind another, as in the occultation of a star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a satellite.
- (British, Ireland, informal) An immersion heater.
- One's suspension of disbelief while reading, playing a video game, etc. The experience of losing oneself in a fictional world.
noun
- (uncountable) Mental focus.
- the faculty or power of mental concentration
- (uncountable, machine learning) A kind of prioritisation technique in neural networks that assigns soft weights between tokens from two (or more) input sequences in order to compute the required output.
- (uncountable, military) A state of alertness in the standing position.
- (countable) An action or remark expressing concern for or interest in someone or something, especially romantic interest.
- a general interest that leads people to want to know more
- a courteous act indicating affection
- a motionless erect stance with arms at the sides and feet together; assumed by military personnel during drill or review
- the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
- the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
intj
noun
- One who concentrates.
- (firearms) A frame or ring of wire or hard paper fitting into the cartridge case used in some shotguns, and holding the shot together when discharged, to secure close shooting; also, a device for slightly narrowing the bore at the muzzle for the same purpose.
- (telecommunications) A hub.
- (mining) An apparatus for the separation of dry comminuted ore, by exposing it to intermittent puffs of air.
noun
- the concentration of attention or energy on something
- (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back
- (countable) A type of formwork which serves as a temporary structure during the construction of arches and bridges.
- (chiefly uncountable) The process of moving something to a centre, normally before some other process.
verb
noun
- the concentration of attention or energy on something
- a line leading to a place or point
- something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
- the act of setting and holding a course
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
- the act of managing something
- a general course along which something has a tendency to develop
- the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves
- a message describing how something is to be done
- The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc.
- A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).
- A general trend for future action.
- Guidance, instruction.
noun
- the concentration of attention or energy on something
- a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges
- a central point or locus of an infection in an organism
- (art) A feature that attracts particular attention.
- (game theory) A solution that people will tend to use in the absence of communication, because it seems natural, special, or relevant.
- (optics) A focus; a point at which rays of light or other radiation converge.
- The centre of any activity.
noun
adj
verb
noun
- the state of high or excessive activity or productivity or concentration
- a high gear used at high speeds to maintain the driving speed with less output power
- (euphemistic, slang) Freewheeling (driving a vehicle with the transmission in neutral) on downhill stretches to achieve higher fuel economy and/or speed than otherwise. In colloquial registers, ethnically bigoted variants have been common, such as Jewish overdrive (alluding to the stereotype of miserly Jews) or Mexican overdrive or Polish overdrive (alluding to stereotypes of foolishness and poverty).
- (uncountable, figurative) A state of heightened activity.
- (engineering, mechanical) A gear ratio higher than 1:1: one in which a single revolution of the driving element corresponds to more than one revolution of the driven element.
verb
noun
- excessive or irrational devotion to some activity
- a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
- a form of sexual desire in which gratification depends to an abnormal degree on some object or item of clothing or part of the body
- A recurrent theme of a specific thing.
- (countable, uncountable) Sexual fixation to or arousal at something abnormally sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a nonsexual part of the body.
- An irrational or abnormal preoccupation or fixation on some object or activity; an obsession.
- Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman.
noun
noun
- A fixed mental tendency or obsession.
- (psychology) A group of emotionally charged ideas or mental factors, unconsciously associated by the individual with a particular subject, arising from repressed instincts, fears, or desires and often resulting in mental abnormality.
- (taxonomy) A group of closely related species, often distinguished only with difficulty by traditional morphological methods.
- (linguistics) A multimorphemic word, one with several parts, one with affixes.
- A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.
- An organized cluster of thunderstorms.
- (chemistry) A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules, as for example coordination compounds in inorganic chemistry and protein complexes in biochemistry.
- (mathematics) A complex number.
- A cluster of wildfires burning in the same vicinity.
- An assemblage of related things; a collection.
- A network of interconnected systems.
- a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts
- a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated
- a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
- (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior
adj
- (mathematics, algebra) Whose coefficients are complex numbers; defined over the field of complex numbers.
- Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
- (geometry) A curve, polygon or other figure that crosses or intersects itself.
- (mathematics, mathematical analysis, of a function) Whose range is a subset of the complex numbers.
- Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.
- (mathematics, of a number) Having the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is (by definition) the imaginary square root of −1.
- difficult to analyze or understand
- complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts
verb
verb
- To concentrate or focus one's attention (on a task).
- To successfully narrow down a search (for).
- To focus one's aim; to zoom in and center (on something).
- (idiomatic) To converge (on).
- direct onto a point or target, especially by automatic navigational aids
- adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun)
noun
- (uncountable) Concentration of attention.
- the concentration of attention or energy on something
- (countable, seismology) The exact point of where an earthquake occurs, in three dimensions (underneath the epicentre).
- (countable, optics) A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.
- (ichthyology) The centre of an older fish's scale, which is the point where a younger fish's scale starts to grow from.
- (countable, geometry) A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge.
- (countable) Something to which activity, attention or interest is primarily directed.
- (linguistics) The most important word or phrase in a sentence or passage, or the one that imparts information.
- An object used in casting a magic spell.
- (uncountable, photography, cinematography) The quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.
- (graphical user interface) The status of being the currently active element in a user interface, often indicated by a visual highlight.
- (uncountable, photography, cinematography) The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.
- maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system
- a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges
- special emphasis attached to something
- a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section
- maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea
- a central point or locus of an infection in an organism
verb
- (intransitive) To concentrate one’s attention.
- (transitive, optics) To adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the focal plane.
- (computing, graphical user interface, transitive) To transfer the input focus to (a visual element), so that it receives subsequent input.
- (transitive) To cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point.
- (transitive) To direct attention, effort, or energy to a particular audience or task.
- (accounting, formerly) To aggregate figures of accounts.
- (intransitive, optics, of a lens, optical instrument, etc.) To adjust itself or be adjusted such that light from a scene converges appropriately to create a clear image.
- (intransitive, followed by on or upon) To concentrate one's attention on something; to have as one's central point of interest, concern, etc.
- put (an image) into focus
- direct one's attention on something
- bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions
- cause to converge on or toward a central point
- become focussed or come into focus
verb
- (intransitive) To concentrate; attend.
- (transitive) To depress; discourage; fatigue.
- (transitive) To criticise; to be strict towards.
- (intransitive, slang, US) To use a drug, especially heroin.
- (transitive) To record, most often in writing.
- (transitive, intransitive, slang, US) To do or perform well; to make happen; to make a serious effort at doing something.
- (informal, intransitive) To duck or take cover, usually to avoid harm. Commonly used as a caution or warning in the imperative.
- (informal, intransitive) To dance, particularly without inhibition or restraint, or in a sexually suggestive manner.
- (transitive, intransitive, slang, US) To bet on (something); to place bets; to gamble.
- (informal, intransitive, slang) To have sex.
- (intransitive, British, informal, of a child) To leave the table after dining.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, down.
- (informal, intransitive) To party.
- (transitive or intransitive) To bring or come down; to descend; to cause to bring or come down.
- (transitive) To swallow (something).
- (intransitive) To relax and enjoy oneself completely; be uninhibited in one's enjoyment.
- move something or somebody to a lower position
- lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
- pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
- lower (one's body) as by kneeling
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- alight from (a horse)
- put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.
verb
- engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively
- occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance
- (transitive) To worry or concern (someone) so as to distract them.
- (transitive) To distract; to draw attention elsewhere.
adj
- Involving much activity in a short period of time; highly concentrated.
- Done with intensity or to a great degree; thorough.
- (agriculture, economics) Of agriculture: increasing the productivity of an area of land.
- Of or pertaining to innate or internal intensity or strength rather than outward extent.
- Being made more intense.
- Chiefly suffixed to a noun: using something with intensity; requiring a great amount of something; demanding.
- (linguistics) Of a word: serving to give emphasis or force.
- (medicine) Chiefly in intensive care: of care or treatment: involving a great degree of life support, monitoring, and other forms of effort in order to manage life-threatening conditions.
- characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form
- tending to give force or emphasis
- of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor
noun
- (education) A course taught intensively, involving much activity in a short period of time.
- A thing which makes something more intense; specifically (linguistics), a form of a word with a more forceful or stronger sense than the root on which it is built.
- a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies