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Focalize

To bring to a focus; to focus; to concentrate.

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Broader term 8

Adapt 76% connected

Fitted; suited.

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Adjust 76% connected

To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a stan…

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Align 76% connected

To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line; to aline.

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Aline 76% connected

To range or place in a line; to bring into line; to align.

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Conform 76% connected

Of the same form; similar in import; conformable.

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Correct 76% connected

Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; a…

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Lie 76% connected

See Lye.

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Derivationally related 2

Focalization 74% connected

The act of focalizing or bringing to a focus, or the state of being focalized.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Focalization 74% connected

The act of focalizing or bringing to a focus, or the state of being focalized.

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Causes 1

Focus 72% connected

A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refrcted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror.

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Synonym 5

Concenter 92% connected

Alt. of Concentre

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Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Concentre 92% connected

To come to one point; to meet in, or converge toward, a common center; to have a common center.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Focus 92% connected

A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refrcted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Localize 92% connected

To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sharpen 92% connected

To make sharp.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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