"focalize" meaning in All languages combined

See focalize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: focalizes [present, singular, third-person], focalizing [participle, present], focalized [participle, past], focalized [past]
Etymology: focal + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|focal|ize}} focal + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} focalize (third-person singular simple present focalizes, present participle focalizing, simple past and past participle focalized)
  1. To focus, or to adjust a focus Categories (topical): Narratology Translations (to focus, or to adjust a focus): фокусирам (fokusiram) (Bulgarian), focaliseren (Dutch), фокуси́ровать (fokusírovatʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-focalize-en-verb-G9nzaZft Disambiguation of 'to focus, or to adjust a focus': 90 5 3 3
  2. To sharpen an image by focusing
    Sense id: en-focalize-en-verb-oijZtFx4
  3. To concentrate on a particular location; to localize
    Sense id: en-focalize-en-verb-fvkuAJ-1
  4. (narratology) To switch to a particular perspective (focalization) Categories (topical): Narratology
    Sense id: en-focalize-en-verb-dfXXGrFK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 8 23 44 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 17 16 26 41 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, narratology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: focalization, focalizer

Verb [Portuguese]

Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} focalize
  1. inflection of focalizar: Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: focalizar
    Sense id: en-focalize-pt-verb-y49zh1dY Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 65 35
  2. inflection of focalizar: Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: focalizar
    Sense id: en-focalize-pt-verb-ViIMRt1V

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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