focus
noun/ˈfəʊkəs/
(plural focuses, foci, /ˈfəʊkaɪ/
/ˈfəʊsaɪ/, /ˈfəʊkaɪ/
)Слово англійською: focus
Переклад focus українською: фокус
Детальний опис
- [uncountable, countable, usually singular] the thing or person that people are most interested in; the act of paying special attention to something and making people interested in it
- focus of something It was the main focus of attention at the meeting.
- The primary focus of the book is practical teaching techniques.
- He decided to make colour the central focus of his work.
- focus for something His comments provided a focus for debate.
- focus on something 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.
- The film loses focus near the end.
- He began to shift his focus towards writing for the theatre.
- What we need now is a change of focus (= to look at things in a different way).
- [uncountable] a point or distance at which the outline of an object is clearly seen by the eye or through a lens
- out of focus Some parts of the photograph are out of focus (= blurred rather than clearly seen).
- into focus When I got glasses, suddenly the whole world came into focus.
- in focus The binoculars were not in focus (= were not showing things clearly).
- Her eyes lost focus and she fainted.
- (also focal point)[countable] (physics) 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
- [countable] (geology) the point at which an earthquake starts to happen
Word Originmid 17th cent. (as a term in geometry and physics): from Latin, literally ‘domestic hearth’.