Focus and Premise

Focus

Focus noun - A thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest.

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

Nearby Words: focused, focal, focusing

Premise noun - Something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning.

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Focus and premise are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Focus" instead a noun "Premise".

Nearby Words: premiss, premised, premising

good	good focus	good premise
usual	usual focus	usual premise
original	original focus	original premise
initial	initial focus	initial premise
Other adjectives: true, simple, actual, entire, real, large, great, huge, main, key, new, major, driving, sole, general, central, different, overall.

focus role

premise role

The show is also one of the more planet-bound examples of the trope, given the whole premise and focus.

Source: Series / Earth 2
Cure for Cancer / Find the Cure: The series starting premise and the focus of its first story arc.

Source: Series / Crusade
This was due to the original premise being that the series would focus on both sides of Frasier's life - work and home.

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