Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
focused \focused\ adj. [Also spelled focussed.]
being in focus or brought into focus; clearly delineated; -- of an image. Opposite of unfocused.
converging on a point; -- of light rays; as, focused light rays can set something afire.
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concentrated on or clustered around a central point or purpose.
Syn: centered, centred, centralized.
focussed \focussed\ adj. 1. same as focused (in all senses).
Syn: focused.
Wiktionary
(context British English) (alternative spelling of focused English) alt. (context British English) (alternative spelling of focused English) v
(context British English) (en-past of: focus)
WordNet
Usage examples of "focussed".
His vision shifted, from blurred to focussed, close to medium distance.
There’d been a single bright flash, the viewscreen’s pixels max’d out, when the skiff had passed through the focussed reflection from the bank of mirrors that served as the crescent’s attached star.
The eyes behind their matching square-rimmed glasses widened as they focussed on the gun she was holding a few inches from their foreheads.
And those whose eyes were still focussed, but on some point far from here, a deific vision they’d come to the shabbiest stall and overcoated, secret-pocketed vendors to find-Deckard remembered seeing those before as well.
She smiled, wondering where the optics were that focussed on the slight movement of her facial muscles.
Even before he focussed on the figure that had slid in on the table’s other side, his hand had darted inside his jacket and fastened onto the gun.
He saw the glistening eye of a camera lens, suspended a few meters above, as it tracked and focussed upon him.
The cameras focussed on his back went dead, like birds in winter, as the ones inside the building were roused by his presence.
She reached up and yanked her goggles down until they hung around her neck, revealing a pair of dark eyes that focussed on Oshi with an almost obsessive intensity.
Her off-centre expression made Oshi feel unaccountably uneasy, so she focussed on the wall instead.
Oshi focussed on the throne, zooming her eyeballs through a full-spectrum scan.
Lucent black pupils the size of hand grenades focussed in on her, outlined by a tiny rind of sclera.
The pain and the taste of blood were welcome enough: they focussed her concentration where they belonged.
His eyes were blank, his mind focussed inward, on the image of the beautiful Antonina.
They were cutting their way through the Malwa mass with focussed intensity.