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Definition of "focus on" []

  • Center upon (verb)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Use "focus on" in a sentence
  • "They were expanded with a greater focus on the influence of Calvinist thought on capitalism in the classic work by R. H. Tawney, Religion and the Rise of Capitalism 1998."
  • ""What the school district needs to do is focus on finding a new superintendent rather than getting involved in stadium proposals," Mafrige said."
  • "Today, environmental legislation and regulations that guide the decisions we make about public health and the environment focus on managing current risk (how high a level of trichloroethylene or mercury can humans handle in their bloodstreams before falling ill?) rather than preventing future harm (how do we change manufacturing practices that emit toxic agents into the environment in the first place?)"