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How to spell focus

Focus is spelled F-O-C-U-S.

What it means: To concentrate attention on something.

In a sentence: Focus on the bright red balloon in the sky. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for a silent c.

Same family: focused, focusing, refocus, focuses, focusless. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Focus” comes from a Latin word meaning “hearth” or “fireplace,” because it was the center of a Roman home. Over time, the meaning shifted to describe the ‘center’ of attention or activity, and later became a verb meaning to direct your attention closely on something.

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