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focus
Verb
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If you focus on something, you pay special attention to it.
A small company will probably focus its attention on each artist's project more than a major label.
Class, please focus on your assignment and stop talking.
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If you focus a lens, you adjust it to make a clear picture.
Most digital cameras automatically focus on the object in the centre.
You know, without my glasses, my eyes just can't focus well enough to read.
focus
Noun
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The focus is the main thing or person that people are paying attention to.
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If your focus is on something, your attention is on it.
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If something is in focus, the image is clear.
bar
Noun
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A bar is a place that sells alcoholic drinks.
I'm going to drink beer at the bar.
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A bar is the counter or bench in a hotel or bar where drinks are sold.
The waitress stood behind the bar and poured our drinks.
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A bar is a box-shaped piece of something.
You can buy a bar of soap, or a bar of gold.
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A bar is a long, hard thing that looks like a stick.
The prisoner was kept behind bars in the jail.
bar
Verb
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To bar is to stop someone from doing something; to prohibit.
I was barred from entering the club.
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To bar is to lock a door or window, or to block it so others can not enter.
I barred the door to stop her leaving the room.
bar
Preposition
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except; not including
He's the fastest runner in the world bar none.