FOCALIZING Synonyms

• tending to draw to a central point

• showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on

• the act of giving special importance or significance to something

• the concentration of attention or energy on something

• the act of bringing into focus

• an area of lightness in a picture

• the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore

• a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water

• a concentrated example of something

• make denser, stronger, or purer

• direct one's attention on something

• make central

• make more concise

• draw together or meet in one common center

• compress or concentrate

• be cooked until very little liquid is left

• cook until very little liquid is left

• a very brief moment

• a very small spot

• the sharp point of a pin

• locate exactly

• a focus of public attention

• a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer

• move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent

• illuminate with a spotlight, as in the theater

• concentrate on a particular place or spot

• bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions

• become focussed or come into focus

• put (an image) into focus

• the concentration of attention or energy on something

• maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system

• maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea

• a central point or locus of an infection in an organism

• special emphasis attached to something

• a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges

• a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section

• direct one's attention on something

• cause to converge on or toward a central point

• bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions

• become focussed or come into focus

• put (an image) into focus

• bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions

• bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions

• identify the location or place of

• concentrate on a particular place or spot

• restrict something to a particular area

• locate

• identify the location or place of

• concentrate on a particular place or spot

• restrict something to a particular area

• locate

• make sharp or sharper

• make crisp or more crisp and precise

• become sharp or sharper

• put (an image) into focus

• make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper

• raise the pitch of (musical notes)

• give a point to

• make (one's senses) more acute