REFOCUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does refocus mean? 

• REFOCUS (verb)
  The verb REFOCUS has 3 senses:

1. focus once again

2. focus anew

3. put again into focus or focus more sharply

  Familiarity information: REFOCUS used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REFOCUS (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they refocus    ... he / she / it refocuses   
Past simple: refocused    / refocussed   
Past participle: refocused    / refocussed   
-ing form: refocusing    / refocussing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Focus once again

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Context example:

The physicist refocused the light beam

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

focus (cause to converge on or toward a central point)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

refocusing (focusing again)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Focus anew

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

The group needs to refocus its goals

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

concenter; concentre; focalise; focalize; focus (bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

refocusing (focusing again)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Put again into focus or focus more sharply

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

refocus the image until it is very sharp

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

focalise; focalize; focus; sharpen (put (an image) into focus)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

refocusing (focusing again)

 Context examples 

Assignments will press on you until February 16, at which time you will again be able to refocus your attention on your relationship without outside distraction.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)