"mettere a fuoco" meaning in Italian

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Verb

Forms: méttere a fuoco [canonical], métto a fuoco [first-person, present, singular], mìsi a fuoco [first-person, historic, past, singular], mésso a fuoco [participle, past], avére [auxiliary]
Etymology: Literally, “to put to fire”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|to put to fire}} “to put to fire”, {{lit|to put to fire}} Literally, “to put to fire” Head templates: {{it-verb|a\@}} méttere a fuoco (first-person singular present métto a fuoco, first-person singular past historic mìsi a fuoco, past participle mésso a fuoco, auxiliary avére)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) to focus (adjust a lens, etc.) Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-mettere_a_fuoco-it-verb-~5paIIIk
  2. (transitive, by extension) to fix one's eyes on; to bring into focus Tags: broadly, transitive
    Sense id: en-mettere_a_fuoco-it-verb-ZBSWSKkl
  3. (transitive, figurative, by extension) to clarify the circumstances, parameters, etc. of a problem to better understand it Tags: broadly, figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-mettere_a_fuoco-it-verb-iKz3TlxI Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 23 18 59 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 23 16 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 15 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 9 80
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