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# refocus

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

«refocus» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To bring your attention or effort back to something, or onto something new. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refocus/#m1)
2. To adjust a camera, telescope or your eyes again so that the picture becomes sharp. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refocus/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refocus/#x1)
- Take a deep breath and refocus on your work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refocus/#x2)
- The coach told us to refocus after we lost the first goal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refocus/#x3)
- Turn the knob to refocus the microscope. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refocus/#x4)
- My eyes needed to refocus after staring at the screen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refocus/#x5)
- The company decided to refocus on making toys. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refocus/#x6)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «refocus» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refocus/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«refocus» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/refocus.html) on Mova free.