Focus Problem Point Main Attention Lecture Tax Structures

• it was the main focus of attention at the meeting.
• his comments provided a focus for debate.
• we shall maintain our focus on the needs of the customer.
• in today's lecture the focus will be on tax structures within the european union.

focus

1. the thing or person that people are most interested in; the act of paying special attention to something and making people interested in it
• It was the main focus of attention at the meeting.
• His comments provided a focus for debate.
• We shall maintain our focus on the needs of the customer.
• In today's lecture the focus will be on tax structures within the European Union.
• The incident brought the problem of violence in schools into sharp focus.
• What we need now is a change of focus (= to look at things in a different way).
2. a point or distance at which the outline of an object is clearly seen by the eye or through a lens
• The children's faces are badly out of focus (= not clearly shown) in the photograph.
• The binoculars were not in focus (= were not showing things clearly).
3. a point at which waves of light, sound, etc. meet after reflection or refraction; the point from which waves of light, sound, etc. seem to come
4. the point at which an earthquake starts to happen
• See related entries: Natural disasters
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/natural_disasters/focus

Extra Examples

• Cities have always acted as the principal focus of political life.
• He found he was now their main focus of attention.
• I found the focus of the debate too narrow.
• I’ve directed my focus towards/toward developing my skills.
• Our primary focus this term will be on group work.
• She became a focus for all his anger.
• The binoculars were not in focus.
• The children’s faces are badly out of focus in the photograph.
• The company’s restructuring is designed to give a sharper focus on key growth markets.
• The focus has now shifted towards the problem of long-term unemployment.
• The legal team tried to shift the focus onto the victim.
• The media focus has now shifted onto something else.
• The problem with your plan is that it doesn’t have a clear focus.
• The question of compensation comes into focus.
• The restructuring is designed to give a sharper focus on key markets.
• This case has brought the problem of drug abuse in schools into sharp focus.
• When I got glasses suddenly the whole world came into focus.
• an increased focus on younger people
• soft focus shots of cuddly animals
• the focus of my research
• In today’s lecture the focus will be on tax structures within the European Union.
• What we need now is a change of focus.

Word Origin

• mid 17th cent. (as a term in geometry and physics): from Latin, literally ‘domestic hearth’.