Direct vs. Focused

To manage or regulate the business or affairs of; be in charge of

The distinctness or clarity of an image rendered by an optical system.

To supervise or oversee (an activity or process)

The state of maximum distinctness or clarity of such an image

To give guidance and instruction to (actors or musicians, for example) in the rehearsal, performance, or production of a work.

An apparatus used to adjust the focal length of an optical system in order to make an image distinct or clear

To supervise the performance or production of

A point at which rays of light or other radiation converge or from which they appear to diverge, as after refraction or reflection in an optical system

To give an order to; command

See focal length.

To show or indicate the way for

A center of interest or activity

To cause to move in a certain direction or toward a certain object; turn or point

Close or narrow attention; concentration

To concentrate or focus (one's sight or attention, for example) on a particular object or activity.

A condition in which something can be clearly apprehended or perceived

To indicate the intended recipient on (a letter, for example).

(Medicine) The region of a localized bodily infection or disease.

To address or adapt (remarks, for example) to a specific person, audience, or purpose.

(Geology) The point of origin of an earthquake.

To give commands or directions.

(Mathematics) A fixed point whose relationship with a directrix determines a conic section.

To conduct a performance or rehearsal.

To cause (light rays, for example) to converge on or toward a central point; concentrate.

See direct examination.

To render (an object or image) in clear outline or sharp detail by adjustment of one's vision or an optical device; bring into focus.

Proceeding without interruption in a straight course or line; not deviating or swerving

To adjust (a lens, for example) to produce a clear image.

Straightforward and candid; not devious or ambiguous

To direct toward a particular point or purpose

Having no intervening persons, conditions, or agencies; immediate

To converge on or toward a central point of focus; be focused.

Effected by action of the voters, rather than through elected representatives or delegates

To adjust one's vision or an optical device so as to render a clear, distinct image.

Being of unbroken descent; lineal

To concentrate attention or energy

Consisting of the exact words of the writer or speaker

Directing all one's efforts towards achieving a particular goal.

Lacking compromising or mitigating elements; absolute

Dealing with some narrowly defined aspects of a broader phenomenon.

(Mathematics) Varying in the same manner as another quantity, especially increasing if another quantity increases or decreasing if it decreases.

Simple past tense and past participle of focus

(Astronomy) Designating west-to-east motion of a planet in the same direction as the sun's apparent annual movement with respect to the stars.

Being in focus or brought into focus; clearly delineated; - of an image. Opposite of unfocused.

(Sports) Being a direct free kick.

Converging on a point; - of light rays; as, focused light rays can set something afire.

Straight; directly.

Concentrated on or clustered around a central point or purpose.

Proceeding without deviation or interruption.

Of an optical system (e.g. eye or opera glasses) adjusted to produce a clear image

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.

Being in focus or brought into focus

Straightforward; sincere.

(of light rays) converging on a point;

Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.

Concentrated on or clustered around a central point or purpose

In the line of descent; not collateral.

(astronomy) In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; said of the motion of a celestial body.

(political science) Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates.

Having a single flight number.

Directly.

To manage, control, steer.

To aim (something) at (something else).

To point out to or show (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way.

To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.

(dated) To address (a letter) to a particular person or place.

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken.

Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.

In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant in the direct line.

In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; - said of the motion of a celestial body.

Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates; as, direct nomination, direct legislation.

To arrange in a direct or straight line, as against a mark, or towards a goal; to point; to aim; as, to direct an arrow or a piece of ordnance.

To point out or show to (any one), as the direct or right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; as, he directed me to the left-hand road.

To determine the direction or course of; to cause to go on in a particular manner; to order in the way to a certain end; to regulate; to govern; as, to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army.

To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order; as, he directed them to go.

To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom anything is sent; to superscribe; as, to direct a letter.

To give direction; to point out a course; to act as guide.

A character, thus [ ], placed at the end of a staff on the line or space of the first note of the next staff, to apprise the performer of its situation.

Command with authority;

Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal;

Guide the actors in (plays and films)

Be in charge of

Take somebody somewhere;

Cause to go somewhere;

Aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment;

Lead, as in the performance of a composition;

Give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction;

Specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public

Direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

Put an address on (an envelope, for example)

Plan and direct (a complex undertaking);

Direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short;

Immediate or direct in bearing or force; having nothing intervening;

Extended senses; direct in means or manner or behavior or language or action;

In a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child;

Moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth

Similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity;

Of a current flowing in one direction only; not alternating;

As an immediate result or consequence;

In precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker;

Effected directly by action of the voters rather than through elected representatives;

Exact;

Without deviation;