Lexic.us

Definition of Focused

1. Adjective. Being in focus or brought into focus.

2. Adjective. (of light rays) converging on a point. "Focused light rays can set something afire"

3. Adjective. Of an optical system (e.g. eye or opera glasses) adjusted to produce a clear image.

Definition of Focused

1. Adjective. centered or concentrated. ¹

2. Verb. (past of focus) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Focused

1. focus [v] - See also: focus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Focused

focimeter focimeters focimetry focus focus-forming unit focus-group focus-grouped focus-grouping focus-groups focus group

focus groups focus on focusability focusable focused (current term) focused grid focuser focusers focuses focusing

focusing device focusing magnifier focusings focusless focussed focusses focussing fodder

Literary usage of Focused

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Denmark by OECD Staff, SourceOECD (Online service) (2006)
"At the all-of-government level, e-government is positioned as an important part of the user-focused public sector modernisation programme. ..."

2. Prevention Plus II: Tools for Creating and Sustaining Drug-Free Communities (1994)
"A comprehensive program will incorporate each type: • strategies focused on the individual; • strategies focused on the peer group; • educational approaches ..."

3. Drug Abuse Prevention Through Family Interventions edited by Rebecca S. Ashery, Elizabeth B. Robertson, Karol L. Kumpfer (2000)
"Because of the importance of strong families, more research-based, family-focused interventions are needed in addition to the popular school- and ..."

4. Child Sexual Abuse: Intervention and Treatment Issues by Kathleen C. Faller (1995)
"focused Questions Clinical experience suggests focused questions are optimal. ... There are three types of focused questions: • questions focused on people, ..."

5. Self-Neglect Among the Elderly: Maintaining Continuity of Self by Susanna D. Bozinovski (1998)
"Keeping clients focused Clients who are unable to give the impression of being competent inevitably lose control over various aspects of their lives. ..."

6. Assessing the Effects of Fire Disturbance on Ecosystems: A Scientific Agenda by Daniel L. Schmoldt (2000)
"focused questions—The number of focused questions differed with each key question. Statistical tests, similar to those conducted for the key questions, ..."

7. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... are focused on the retina ; and (2) preventing the error of spherical aberration by cutting off divergent rays which would otherwise impinge near the ..."

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