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    FOCALIZE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they focalize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it focalizes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: focalized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: focalized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: focalizing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Put (an image) into focusplay

    Example:

    Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie

    Synonyms:

    focalise; focalize; focus; sharpen

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    Hypernyms (to "focalize" is one way to...):

    adjust; correct; set (alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard)

    Cause:

    focalise; focalize; focus (become focussed or come into focus)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "focalize"):

    refocus (put again into focus or focus more sharply)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
    Somebody ----s something PP

    Derivation:

    focalization (the act of bringing into focus)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Become focussed or come into focusplay

    Example:

    The light focused

    Synonyms:

    focalise; focalize; focus

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    Hypernyms (to "focalize" is one way to...):

    adapt; adjust; conform (adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions)

    Sentence frames:

    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s PP

    Derivation:

    focalization (the act of bringing into focus)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    Bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotionsplay

    Synonyms:

    concenter; concentre; focalise; focalize; focus

    Classified under:

    Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

    Hypernyms (to "focalize" is one way to...):

    adjust; align; aline; line up (place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "focalize"):

    refocus (focus anew)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s something

    Derivation:

    focalization (the act of bringing into focus)

    Sense 4

    Meaning:

    Concentrate on a particular place or spotplay

    Example:

    The infection has localized in the left eye

    Synonyms:

    focalise; focalize; localise; localize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

    Hypernyms (to "focalize" is one way to...):

    lie (be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position)

    Sentence frame:

    Something is ----ing PP

    Derivation:

    focalization (the confinement of an infection to a limited area)

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