Focus and Lay

Focus

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

Lay and focus are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lay" instead a verb "Focus".

Nearby Words: focused, focal, focusing

Lay

Lay verb - To arrange something in a certain spot or position.

Focus and lay are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Focus" instead a verb "Lay".

Nearby Words: laying, laid

Common collocations

life focus life lay life
people focus people lay people
eyes focus eyes lay eyes
times focus times lay times

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Earth Girl At the end though it is time for Jarra to lay down her uniform and focus again on what she always did best: being an archaeologist.
  • Magical Native American It's not his main focus however, as all the magical stuff is just to get him in range so he can really lay down the hurt with grapples.
  • Animal Gender-Bender Eventually, they find spider eggs and are puzzled as to how the definitely male Webstor was able to lay them and decide the thought is too repellent to ponder too much and focus on simply finding him instead.
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