focalise

Other forms of focalise

past tense

focalised·

present participle

focalising·

third person

focalises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about focalise

What does focalise mean?

focalise means "concentrate on a particular place or spot". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in focalise?

focalise has 3 syllables: fo-ca-lise. The stress falls on "fo".

What is another word for focalise?

Close synonyms include localize, localise, focalize, concenter, concentre. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is focalise a common word?

focalise is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.