🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

केंद्रित करना

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kendrit karna

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Focalize/ˈfəʊ.kəl.aɪz/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"हमें अपनी ऊर्जा को सही दिशा में केंद्रित करना चाहिए।"

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2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To bring to a focus; to concentrate light, attention, or activity onto a single central point.

    "The campaign aims to focalize public attention on renewable energy initiatives."
  2. 2

    In literary theory, to present a narrative through the perspective of a specific focalizer or point of view.

    "The author chooses to focalize the entire novel through the subjective lens of a child."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the noun 'focus' (from Latin 'focus' meaning hearth or fireplace, later adopted in optics by Johannes Kepler to mean a point of convergence) combined with the verbal suffix '-ize'. It emerged in the 19th century initially within scientific and optical contexts before expanding into metaphorical uses regarding attention and literary narrative technique.

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