sústreuje

Sústreuje is a present-tense form of the Slovak verb used to express the act of concentrating, focusing, or centralizing attention, resources, or people toward a specific goal. It is derived from the verb stem sústreď-, related to the noun sústredenie (concentration, focus). The base forms are sústreďovať (imperfective) and sústrediť (perfective), and sústreduje is the standard third-person singular present form in formal spelling, while informal or simplified texts may render it as sústreuje.

In everyday and formal language, sústreďuje can be used for both mental focus and the allocation of material or human resources. It often answers questions about the direction or concentration of effort: what is being focused on, and toward what objective. The verb commonly takes the preposition na to designate the focus of attention or resources, as in sústreďuje pozornosť na problém (he focuses attention on the problem) or sústreďuje svoje zdroje na vývoj produktu (it concentrates its resources on product development).

Usage examples include corporate, academic, media, and political contexts. For instance, Firma sústreďuje svoje zdroje na vývoj nového produktu; Médiá sústreďujú pozornosť na environmentálne otázky; Vedenie sústreďuje svoje úsilie na implementáciu nového systému. The reflexive form sústreďuje sa on sám/na seba is used when the subject concentrates themselves on something.

See also: sústredenie, sústredený, sústrediť sa. These terms are closely related and provide broader nuance around concentration, focus, and centralization in Slovak.