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con⋅cen⋅trate
[kon-suh
n-treyt] 
verb, -trat⋅ed, -trat⋅ing, noun –verb (used with object)
| 1. | 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. |
| 2. | to put or bring into a single place, group, etc.: The nation's wealth had been concentrated in a few families. |
| 3. | to intensify; make denser, stronger, or purer, esp. by the removal or reduction of liquid: to concentrate fruit juice; to concentrate a sauce by boiling it down. |
| 4. | Mining. to separate (metal or ore) from rock, sand, etc., so as to improve the quality of the valuable portion. |
–verb (used without object)
| 5. | to bring all efforts, faculties, activities, etc., to bear on one thing or activity (often fol. by on or upon): to concentrate on solving a problem. |
| 6. | to come to or toward a common center; converge; collect: The population concentrated in one part of the city. |
| 7. | to become more intense, stronger, or purer. |
–noun
| 8. | a concentrated form of something; a product of concentration: a juice concentrate. |
Related forms:
con⋅cen⋅tra⋅tive [kon-suhn-trey-tiv, kuhn-sen-truh-] , adjective
[kon-suhn-trey-tiv, kuhn-sen-truh-] , adjective con⋅cen⋅tra⋅tive⋅ness, noun
con⋅cen⋅tra⋅tor, noun
Antonyms:
1. dissipate, disperse. 5. diverge.
1. dissipate, disperse. 5. diverge.
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| con·cen·trate (kŏn'sən-trāt') v. con·cen·trat·ed, con·cen·trat·ing, con·cen·trates v. tr.
[From concenter.] con'cen·tra'tive adj., con'cen·tra'tive·ly adv., con'cen·tra'tor n. |
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Concentrate
Con*cen"trate\ (? or ?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Concentrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Concentrating.] [Pref. con- + L. centrum center. Cf. Concenter.]1. To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of light into a focus; to concentrate the attention. (He) concentrated whole force at his own camp. --Motley. 2. To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense; as, to concentrate acid by evaporation; to concentrate by washing; -- opposed to dilute. Spirit of vinegar concentrated and reduced to its greatest strength. --Arbuthnot. Syn: To combine; to condense; to consolidate.Concentrate
Con*cen"trate\ (? or ?), v. i. To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities.
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Language Translation for : concentrate
Spanish:
concentrarse,
German:
konzentrieren,
Japanese:
集中する
concentrate
1640, from concenter (1591), from It. concentrare, from L. com- "together" + centrum "center" (see center). Originally "to bring or come to a common center," sense of "mental focus" is after 1860. Concentration camp first used 1901, to describe such camps in second Boer War (1899-1902); it was applied to Nazi Germany as early as 1934.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: 1con·cen·trate
Pronunciation: 'kän(t)-s&n-"trAt, -"sen-
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -trat·ed;-trat·ing
transitive senses
1 a : to bring or direct toward a common center or objective :
2 : to make less dilute<concentrate syrup> concentrate intransitive senses
: to fix one's powers, efforts, or attention on one thing <concentrate on a problem> —con·cen·tra·tor /-"trAt-&r/ noun
Main Entry: 2concentrate
Function: noun
: something prepared by concentration; especially : a food reduced in bulk by elimination of fluid
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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