"in focus" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-au-in focus.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in focus, {{en-PP}} in focus
  1. (of an image) Sharp and clear with no fuzziness.
    Sense id: en-in_focus-en-prep_phrase-tMGJ5LPI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10
  2. (idiomatic, of one's thoughts) Clearly perceived. Tags: idiomatic Translations (sharp and clearly visible): scherpgesteld (Dutch), scherp (Dutch), enfocado [masculine] (Galician), enfocada [feminine] (Galician), i bhfócas (Irish), ngangahu (Maori), enfocado [masculine] (Spanish), enfocada [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-in_focus-en-prep_phrase-tU86YWZg Disambiguation of 'sharp and clearly visible': 24 76

Download JSON data for in focus meaning in English (2.7kB)

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      "sense": "sharp and clearly visible",
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