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focusing (on)

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variants: also focussing (on)

present participle of focus (on)

Synonyms & Antonyms of focusing (on)

as in concentrating (on), zeroing (in on)

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for focusing (on)

buckling (down to),
concentrating (on),
knuckling down (to),
zeroing (in on)

addressing,
approaching,
facing

falling (to),
pitching in,
plunging (in),
settling (down)

attacking,
diving (into),
tackling,
wading (in or into)

pursuing,
taking up,
undertaking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for focusing (on)

avoiding,
evading,
shunning

dallying,
dawdling,
dillydallying,
fiddling (around),
fooling,
idling,
lagging,
messing,
monkeying (around),
playing,
poking,
pottering (around),
puttering (around),
trifling

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“Focusing (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/focusing%20%28on%29. Accessed 20 May. 2022.

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