concentrate

con·cen·trate  (knsn-trt)

v. con·cen·trat·ed, con·cen·trat·ing, con·cen·trates

v.tr.

1.

a. To direct or draw toward a common center; focus.

b. To bring into one main body: Authority was concentrated in the president.

2. To make (a solution or mixture) less dilute.

v.intr.

1.

a. To converge toward or meet in a common center.

b. To increase by degree; gather: "Dusk began to concentrate into full night" Anthony Hyde.

2. To direct one's thoughts or attention: We concentrated on the task before us.

n.

A product that has been concentrated, especially a food that has been reduced in volume or bulk by the removal of liquid: pineapple juice concentrate.

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[From concenter.]

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concen·trative adj.

concen·trative·ly adv.

concen·trator n.

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concentrate

Verb

[-trating, -trated]

1. to focus all one's attention, thoughts, or efforts on something: she tried hard to concentrate, but her mind kept flashing back to the previous night

2. to bring or come together in large numbers or amounts in one place: a flawed system that concentrates power in the hands of the few

3. to make (a liquid) stronger by removing water from it

Noun

a concentrated substance [Latin com- same + centrum centre]

concentrated adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	concentrate - the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore dressed ore ore - a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
	2.	concentrate - a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water food product, foodstuff - a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food tomato concentrate - a concentrated form of tomatoes evaporated milk - milk concentrated by evaporation frozen orange juice, orange-juice concentrate - orange juice that has been concentrated and frozen
	3.	concentrate - a concentrated example of something; "the concentrate of contemporary despair" epitome, prototype, paradigm, image - a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father"
Verb	1.	concentrate - make denser, stronger, or purer; "concentrate juice" change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
	2.	concentrate - direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies" focus, pore, rivet, center, centre engross, engulf, steep, soak up, immerse, absorb, plunge - devote (oneself) fully to; "He immersed himself into his studies" cerebrate, cogitate, think - use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere" rivet - hold (someone's attention); "The discovery of the skull riveted the paleontologists" recall - cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression; "She was recalled by a loud laugh" think - focus one's attention on a certain state; "Think big"; "think thin" zoom in - examine closely; focus one's attention on; "He zoomed in on the book" take heed, listen, hear - listen and pay attention; "Listen to your father"; "We must hear the expert before we make a decision"
	3.	concentrate - make central; "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food" centralise, centralize alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" decentralise, decentralize, deconcentrate - make less central; "After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized"
	4.	concentrate - make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary" condense, digest abbreviate, abridge, foreshorten, shorten, contract, reduce, cut - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" capsule, capsulise, capsulize, encapsulate - put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume; "capsulize the news" telescope - make smaller or shorter; "the novel was telescoped into a short play"
	5.	concentrate - draw together or meet in one common center; "These groups concentrate in the inner cities" converge - move or draw together at a certain location; "The crowd converged on the movie star"
	6.	concentrate - compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan" condense, contract alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" condense - become more compact or concentrated; "Her feelings condensed"
	7.	concentrate - be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup" boil down, decoct, reduce cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" decrease, diminish, lessen, fall - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
	8.	concentrate - cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time" boil down, reduce cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" minify, decrease, lessen - make smaller; "He decreased his staff"

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concentrate

verb 1. focus your attention, focus, pay attention, be engrossed, apply yourself << OPPOSITE pay no attention

verb 2. focus, centre, converge, bring to bear

verb 3. gather, collect, cluster, accumulate, congregate << OPPOSITE scatter

Translations

concentrate [ˈkɔnsəntreɪt] vi → concentrarse

vt → concentrar

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concentrate [ˈkɔnsəntreɪt] vi → se concentrer

vt → concentrer

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concentrate [ˈkɔnsəntreɪt] vi → sich konzentrieren

vt → konzentrieren

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concentrate [ˈkɔnsəntreɪt] vi → concentrarsi

vt → concentrare