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concentrate
[ kon-suhn-treyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to bring or draw to a common center or point of union; converge; direct toward one point; focus:
to concentrate one's attention on a problem; to concentrate the rays of the sun with a lens.
Antonyms: ,
- to put or bring into a single place, group, etc.:
The nation's wealth had been concentrated in a few families.
- to intensify; make denser, stronger, or purer, especially by the removal or reduction of liquid:
to concentrate fruit juice; to concentrate a sauce by boiling it down.
- Mining. to separate (metal or ore) from rock, sand, etc., so as to improve the quality of the valuable portion.
verb (used without object)
- to bring all efforts, faculties, activities, etc., to bear on one thing or activity (often followed by on or upon ):
to concentrate on solving a problem.
Antonyms:
- to come to or toward a common center; converge; collect:
The population concentrated in one part of the city.
- to become more intense, stronger, or purer.
noun
- a concentrated form of something; a product of concentration:
a juice concentrate.
concentrate
/ ˈɒԲəˌٰɪ /
verb
- to come or cause to come to a single purpose or aim
to concentrate one's hopes on winning
- to make or become denser or purer by the removal of certain elements, esp the solvent of a solution
- tr to remove rock or sand from (an ore) to make it purer
- introften foll byon to bring one's faculties to bear (on); think intensely (about)
noun
- a concentrated material or solution
tomato concentrate
Derived Forms
- ˈDzԳˌٰٴǰ, noun
Other Word Forms
- Dz··ٰ·پ [kon, -s, uh, n-trey-tiv, k, uh, n-, sen, -tr, uh, -], adjective
- Dzc·ٰt·Ա noun
- Dzc·ٰtǰ noun
- ԴDz·Dzc·ٰt adjective
- non·Dzc·ٰt·Ա noun
- v·Dzc·ٰٱ verb overconcentrated overconcentrating
- ·Dzc·ٰٱ noun verb preconcentrated preconcentrating
- ·Dzc·ٰٱ verb reconcentrated reconcentrating
- ܲ·Dzc·ٰt adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of concentrate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of concentrate1
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Example Sentences
Resolving her eye problems has allowed Ellie to concentrate on her training as a GP and arrange her wedding.
The gains have been concentrated at least within the last decade among voters without a college degree, the working class – that is where Republicans have gained even since the beginning of the Donald Trump administration.
But there remains some division within the party about whether they should spend their time hammering Trump and his accomplices on their authoritarian takeover or concentrate on the perennial "kitchen table issues."
“I can literally just concentrate on studying for my classes,” she said.
Both the Lib Dems and the Greens have long been playing effective local ground games, concentrating on building power bases in pockets of the country.
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