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say it: FOH-kuhst
focused is an adjective meaning "being in focus or brought into focus". It carries 3 recorded senses.
(of light rays) converging on a point
“focused light rays can set something afire”
of an optical system (e.g. eye or opera glasses) adjusted to produce a clear image
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.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for focused come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.