Focus and Set

Focus

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

Usage example: try to focus your attention on the task at hand

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

Nearby Words: focused, focal, focusing

Set verb - To point or turn (something) toward a target or goal.

Usage example: determined to see the West, she set her car towards the sun and drove off

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Focus and set are semantically related in apply topic. Sometimes you can use "Focus" instead a verb "Set".

Nearby Words: setup, setting

good	good focus	good set
high	high focus	high set
full	full focus	full set
special	special focus	special set
Other adjectives: particular, usual, specific, certain, original, initial, single, simple, heavy, actual, entire, large, big, great, huge, main, new, extra, smaller, alternate, different.

mind	focus mind	set mind
people	focus people	set people
point	focus point	set point
place	focus place	set place
Other words: plot, series, couple, story.

Word of God is that this is in fact the only similarity to canon that will happen, as the story will focus on a different set of MacGuffins.

Source: Bait and Switch
The camera is set up to focus on Sonic from a particular view, but it never just "switches," instead, it transitions over to where it needs to be.

Source: Camera Screw
Rather than expecting to see anything in them like a TV set, you are supposed to use them simply as a focus of attention, similar to meditation.

Source: Crystal Ball

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