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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 orupon ).
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
to bring one's faculties to bear (on); think intensely (about)
noun
a concentrated material or solution
tomato concentrate
Other Word Forms
- concentrative adjective
- concentrativeness noun
- concentrator noun
- nonconcentrative adjective
- nonconcentrativeness noun
- overconcentrate verb
- preconcentrate noun
- reconcentrate verb
- unconcentrative adjective
- ˈDzԳˌٰٴǰ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of concentrate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of concentrate1
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Example Sentences
Some children she said felt they would struggle to concentrate if they were in more relaxed clothes.
Some of the Beach Boys—especially Carl Wilson—are tired of the Watt hoopla and prefer to concentrate on the group’s music.
Aged just 22, he decided to stop touring with the band in order to concentrate on writing and producing.
No other state can boast its combination of high income and relatively low poverty, the ineluctible formula subsidizing high-poverty/low-income states, which are concentrated in the Southeast and are mostly led by Republicans.
"There needs to be more pressure and focus on developing padel in every community, rather than concentrating on middle-class areas," he says.
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