focus

/ˈfō-kəs/

New Latin, from Latin, hearth

noun

  1. a center of activity, attraction, or attention

  2. a point of concentration

  3. directed attention : emphasis

the focus of the meeting was drug abuse

verb

  1. to cause to be concentrated

  2. to adjust the focus of (the eye, a lens, etc.)

  3. to bring into focus

focused their attention on the most urgent problems

noun

  1. a small group of people whose response to something (such as a new product or a politician's image) is studied to determine the response that can be expected from a larger population