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What’s the Plural of Focus?

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What’s the plural of “focus”?

The plural of focus is focuses or foci.

👍🏼Usage Note

I have known her for five years. (present perfect)
She knew the answer immediately. (simple past)
I have knew her for five years. (incorrect past participle)
She has know the answer. (incorrect verb form)

What’s the singular of focus?

Focus is singular. Focuses or foci is plural.

What does the word focus mean?

The noun and word focus is described in the dictionary as “a center of activity, attraction, or attention: the focus of the meeting was drug abuse. Put immigration into focus as a hot topic for commentators.”

Other Latin nouns in English

singular plural
focus focuses or foci
octopus octopi (or octopuses)
radius radi (or radiuses)
fungus fungi (or funguses)
alumnus alumni (or almunuses)
syllabus syllabi (or syllabuses)
Latin nouns ending in –us/-i. Chart by Grammarflex.
💡Study Tip

Practice using the verb in different tenses with example sentences to memorize the correct forms.

“Focus”, used in sentences

1. His life lacks a focus.

2. Get the binoculars in focus.

3. I wasn’t able to focus the camera.

4. She has an amazing ability to focus for hours at a time.

5. He’s successful, but he feels that his life lacks focus.

“Focuses”/”foci”, used in sentences

1. The menu changes quarterly and focuses on food from coastal regions worldwide.

2. He focuses on Enron which was the real biggie.

3. Charles Manson’s “family” were the foci of many murder investigations.

4. The excitable foci of the cerebral cortex are well myelinated long before the unexcitable are so.

5. The foci of the paper were the many reasons why people came to the U.S. and the ways they immigrated.

Origin of the word focus

From etymology online on focus (n.):

1640s, “point of convergence,” from Latin focus “hearth, fireplace” (also, figuratively, “home, family”), which is of unknown origin.

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Sources

  1. Definition of focus.
  2. Sentences using focus.
  3. Origin of focus.

 

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Grammar Expert. "Whats The Plural Of Focus." GrammarFlex, May 31, 2025, https://www.grammarflex.com/whats-the-plural-of-focus/.

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