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[ verb ] focus one's attention on something

Examples

"Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"

Used in print

(The New York Times...)

Tenderly and rather tediously , the camera rivets on the abrupt , deep love of a pretty nurse and a uniformed teacher , complicated by nothing more_than a friend they do n't want to hurt .

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[ noun ] ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt)

Synonyms

boss stud

Related terms

decoration nailhead dot

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[ verb ] fasten with a rivet or rivets
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[ verb ] hold (someone's attention)

Examples

"The discovery of the skull riveted the paleontologists"

Related terms

absorb concentrate

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 16026
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[ noun ] heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces that are fastened together

Related terms

pin

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