Past tense of focus
regular verb
The past tense of focus is focused or focussed. The past participle is also focused or focussed.
Forms of focus
| Base form (V1) | focus /ˈfəʊ̯.kəs/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | focused /ˈfəʊ.kəst/ focussed |
| Past participle (V3) | focused /ˈfəʊ.kəst/ focussed |
| Present participle | focusing /ˈfəʊ.kə.sɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | focuses /ˈfəʊ.kə.sɪz/ |
Focused and focussed in a sentence
- The president focused her remarks on the newcomers.
- They set accomplishable goals to keep the team motivated and focused.From the entry accomplishable
- The study focused on the role of plankton in the food chain.From the entry plankton
- After the fire, the community focused on the regen of local businesses.From the entry regen
- Stay focused on the story; you keep getting lost in all of these little sidetracks.From the entry sidetrack
Meaning of focus
- noun A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.
- noun A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge.
- noun The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.
Questions about the past tense of focus
- What is the past tense of focus?
- The past tense of focus is focused or focussed.
- What is the past participle of focus?
- The past participle of focus is focused or focussed.
- Is focus a regular or irregular verb?
- Focus is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: focus (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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