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condense
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Condense
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con·dense
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kənˈdɛns
/
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k
uh
n-
dens
]
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verb,
con·densed,
con·dens·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to make more dense or compact; reduce the volume or extent of; concentrate.
2.
to reduce to a shorter form; abridge:
Condense your answer into a few words.
3.
to reduce to another and denser form, as a gas or vapor to a liquid or solid state.
verb (used without object)
4.
to become denser or more compact or concentrated.
5.
to reduce a book, speech, statement, or the like, to a shorter form.
6.
to become liquid or solid, as a gas or vapor:
The steam condensed into droplets.
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Origin:
1475–85;
<
Middle French
condenser
<
Latin
condēnsāre,
equivalent to
con-
con-
+
dēnsāre
to thicken, verbal derivative of
dēnsus
dense
Related forms
o·ver·con·dense,
verb,
o·ver·con·densed,
o·ver·con·dens·ing.
pre·con·dense,
verb,
pre·con·densed,
pre·con·dens·ing.
re·con·dense,
verb,
re·con·densed,
re·con·dens·ing.
un·con·dens·ing,
adjective
Synonyms
1.
compress, consolidate.
2.
digest, epitomize, abstract, abbreviate. See
contract
.
Antonyms
1.
expand.
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World English Dictionary
condense
(kənˈdɛns)
—
vb
1.
(
tr
) to increase the density of; compress
2.
to reduce or be reduced in volume or size; make or become more compact
3.
to change or cause to change from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state
4.
chem
to undergo or cause to undergo condensation
[C15: from Latin
condēnsāre,
from
dēnsāre
to make thick, from
dēnsus
dense
]
con'densable
—
adj
con'densible
—
adj
condensa'bility
—
n
condensi'bility
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
condense
late 15c., from L. condensare "to make dense," from com- intensive prefix + densare "make thick," from densus "dense."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Interviews can be lengthy affairs that
condense
into a few brief quotes in a final feature.
Some dryers draw in room air to cool the interior air and
condense
the water.
These rocks cause the steam to
condense
and the water trickles into a clay channel and receptacle, where it collects and cools.
Perhaps a galaxy does not
condense
out of a huge gas cloud, fully formed from the start.
When these molecules
condense
to form liquid water again, the energy put into the system must be released.
Parisians tend to
condense
their work into short periods of time.
Clouds form when water droplets
condense
around airborne particles, such as dust and sea salt crystals.
More water droplets
condense
and freeze on these seeds, forming snow.
When you bring it inside a warm house, water will
condense
on its surface.
Enough cooling eventually makes water vapor
condense
, which contributes to the survival and growth of the clouds.
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