focus attention on

focus attention on
index concentrate (pay attention), specialize

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  • focus attention — direct attention to …   English contemporary dictionary

  • focus attention on — direct concentration and awareness on, pay attention to, observe, heed …   English contemporary dictionary

  • focus — fo‧cus [ˈfəʊkəs ǁ ˈfoʊ ] noun [uncountable] MARKETING when a company tries to serve particular groups of customers in a market with particular needs, rather than trying to serve the whole market focuser noun [countable] : • The focuser seeks to… …   Financial and business terms

  • focus — fo|cus1 [ foukəs ] (present participle fo|cus|ing or fo|cus|sing; past tense and past participle fo|cused or fo|cussed) verb intransitive or transitive *** 1. ) to concentrate on something and pay particular attention to it: I know you re tired,… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • focus */*/*/ — I UK [ˈfəʊkəs] / US [ˈfoʊkəs] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms focus : present tense I/you/we/they focus he/she/it focusses or focuses present participle focusing or focussing past tense focused or focussed past participle focused or… …   English dictionary

  • focus — 1 verb focussing, focussed or focused 1 (I, T) to pay special attention to a particular person or thing instead of others (+ on): Modern medicine has tended to focus too much on developing highly complicated surgical techniques. | focus attention …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • attention — attentional, adj. n. /euh ten sheuhn/; interj. /euh ten shun /, n. 1. the act or faculty of attending, esp. by directing the mind to an object. 2. Psychol. a. a concentration of the mind on a single object or thought, esp. one preferentially… …   Universalium

  • attention — at|ten|tion W1S1 [əˈtenʃən] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(listen/look/think carefully)¦ 2¦(interest)¦ 3¦(notice)¦ 4¦(repair/cleaning)¦ 5¦(care)¦ 6 stand to/at attention 7 attention! 8 for the attention of somebody ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • attention — [[t]əte̱nʃ(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦ attentions 1) N UNCOUNT: also N in pl, usu with poss If you give someone or something your attention, you look at it, listen to it, or think about it carefully. You have my undivided attention... Later he turned his… …   English dictionary

  • Attention — is the cognitive process of paying attention to one aspect of the environment while ignoring others. Attention is one of the most intensely studied topics within psychology and cognitive neuroscience. In 1890, William James, in his textbook… …   Wikipedia

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