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focalize

[ foh-kuh-lahyz ]

verb (used with or without object)

focalized, focalizing.
  1. to bring or come to focus.
  2. to localize.


focalize

/ ˈəʊəˌɪ /

verb

  1. a less common word for focus
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Derived Forms

  • ˌڴdzˈپDz, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ڴc··tDz noun
  • de·ڴc··tDz noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of focalize1

First recorded in 1835–45; focal + -ize
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Example Sentences

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It can be especially useful for evaluating illnesses that do not necessarily have a focalized lesion, such as in psychiatry.

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The ethical problem of that crisis, beyond mere political organization, remains the same as the one that animates “The Nevada Test Site”: How do we focalize our little lives in relation to the world?

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All my motions focalized on pretending to be that guileless schoolgirl who had nothing more wearying to think about than mid-term exams.

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When using the app, words are presented one at a time, in the exact spot where our gaze is “focalized,” or primed for visual recognition.

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Between the ages of 40 and 50, the crystalline lenses of his eyes having hardened along with the other tissues of his body, he finds it impossible to focalize as he used to.

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