refocus

«refocus» in Mova's school dictionary: To bring your attention or effort back to something, or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (refocus, refocuses or refocusses, refocused or refocussed, refocusing or refocussing); noun (a refocus)

meaning for a pupil

1) To bring your attention or effort back to something, or onto something new. tree →

2) To adjust a camera, telescope or your eyes again so that the picture becomes sharp. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday school life, a teacher may say "Let's refocus" when the class gets distracted. Sports coaches tell players to refocus after a mistake. In science, you refocus a microscope when you change the lens. Phrases: refocus on, refocus your attention, refocus the lens.

examples

• After the fire drill, the class took a minute to refocus. tree →
• Take a deep breath and refocus on your work. tree →
• The coach told us to refocus after we lost the first goal. tree →
• Turn the knob to refocus the microscope. tree →
• My eyes needed to refocus after staring at the screen. tree →
• The company decided to refocus on making toys. tree →

note

Both "refocused" (common in the US and now in the UK) and "refocussed" are correct. Made of re- (again) + focus.

In the corpora

• Zoning out happens to everyone and is not laziness; you can refocus by asking yourself a question about the topic.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «refocus» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.