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refocus

(riːˈfəʊkəs)
vb
to focus again or in a different way
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refocus


Past participle: refocusing/refocussing
Gerund: refocusses

Imperative
refocus
refocus
Present
I refocus
you refocus
he/she/it refocuses
we refocus
you refocus
they refocus
Preterite
I refocusing
you refocusing
he/she/it refocusing
we refocusing
you refocusing
they refocusing
Present Continuous
I am refocusses
you are refocusses
he/she/it is refocusses
we are refocusses
you are refocusses
they are refocusses
Present Perfect
I have refocusing
you have refocusing
he/she/it has refocusing
we have refocusing
you have refocusing
they have refocusing
Past Continuous
I was refocusses
you were refocusses
he/she/it was refocusses
we were refocusses
you were refocusses
they were refocusses
Past Perfect
I had refocusing
you had refocusing
he/she/it had refocusing
we had refocusing
you had refocusing
they had refocusing
Future
I will refocus
you will refocus
he/she/it will refocus
we will refocus
you will refocus
they will refocus
Future Perfect
I will have refocusing
you will have refocusing
he/she/it will have refocusing
we will have refocusing
you will have refocusing
they will have refocusing
Future Continuous
I will be refocusses
you will be refocusses
he/she/it will be refocusses
we will be refocusses
you will be refocusses
they will be refocusses
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been refocusses
you have been refocusses
he/she/it has been refocusses
we have been refocusses
you have been refocusses
they have been refocusses
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been refocusses
you will have been refocusses
he/she/it will have been refocusses
we will have been refocusses
you will have been refocusses
they will have been refocusses
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been refocusses
you had been refocusses
he/she/it had been refocusses
we had been refocusses
you had been refocusses
they had been refocusses
Conditional
I would refocus
you would refocus
he/she/it would refocus
we would refocus
you would refocus
they would refocus
Past Conditional
I would have refocusing
you would have refocusing
he/she/it would have refocusing
we would have refocusing
you would have refocusing
they would have refocusing
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.refocus - focus once again; The physicist refocused the light beam"
focus - cause to converge on or toward a central point; "Focus the light on this image"
2.refocus - focus anew; "The group needs to refocus its goals"
concenter, concentre, focalise, focalize, focus - bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions
3.refocus - put again into focus or focus more sharply; "refocus the image until it is very sharp"
focalise, focalize, sharpen, focus - put (an image) into focus; "Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie"
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