Dictionary

refocus en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English focus English refocus From re- + focus.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) to focus on something else
   • Labour frontbencher Louise Haigh (Shadow Transport Secretary for heaven's sake!) initially lambasted TOCs before the handful of specialist rail commentators fell on her tweets and she changed her tune, refocusing her fire on Government. 2023 August 9, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Disinterested and dishonest”, in RAIL, number 989, page 3:
2. (transitive) to change the focus of
   • to refocus a microscope
   • These two sets of questions are interrelated in such a way that they often actually work to prevent productive discussion of the movie's politics. Just a few observations might make this point clear, and help to refocus the debate that has surrounded the film since its opening earlier this summer. 1989 August 12, Phil Harper, “Why It's So Hard To Talk About This Movie”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 5, page 9:
3. (intransitive) to change one's priorities
4. (intransitive) to come back into focus
   • Presently the white, broken stumps, the split sticks and the tangle of the thicket refocused. 1954, William Golding, Lord of the Flies:

Forms

Deriveds

refocuser · refocusable

Relateds

prioritize · focus