Devote and Focus

Devote

Devote verb - To keep or intend for a special purpose.

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Focus and devote are semantically related in collect topic. In some cases you can use "Focus" instead a verb "Devote".

Nearby Words: devotion, devotedly, devotee, devotional, devoting

Focus verb - To fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective.

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Devote and focus are semantically related in collect topic. Sometimes you can use "Devote" instead a verb "Focus".

Nearby Words: focused, focal, focusing

attention	devote attention	focus attention
effort	devote effort	focus effort
energy	devote energy	focus energy
power	devote power	focus power
Other words: life, amount, show, issue, resources, time, money, bit, energies, efforts, chapters, units.

Unaligned characters simply don't care about Good or Evil; their focus is on getting on with their daily lives, meaning they can be cruel or kind as they choose, but they don't devote themselves specifically to doing evil deeds or championing good.

Source: Character Alignment
Yuuka Kazami of Imperfect Metamorphosis was growing to be such a focal point of the plot that the author ended up having to devote several chapters to a giant brawl between her and Yukari to take them out of the direct action for a while and realign the focus to Rin and Rumia.

Source: Ensemble Dark Horse / Fan Works

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