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concentrate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun concentrate has 3 senses
- concentrate(n = noun.substance) dressed ore - the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore; Array is a kind of ore
- concentrate(n = noun.food) Array - a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water; Array is a kind of food product, foodstuff
- concentrate(n = noun.cognition) Array - a concentrated example of something; "the concentrate of contemporary despair" is a kind of epitome, image, paradigm, prototype
Derived form verb concentrate1
has particulars: tomato concentrate, evaporated milk, frozen orange juice, orange-juice concentrate
Derived forms verb concentrate8, verb concentrate7
Verb concentrate has 8 senses
- concentrate(v = verb.change) Array - make denser, stronger, or purer; "concentrate juice" is one way to change state, turn
- concentrate(v = verb.cognition) center, centre, focus, pore, rivet - direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies" is one way to cerebrate, cogitate, think
- concentrate(v = verb.change) centralise, centralize - make central; "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food" is one way to alter, change, modify
- concentrate(v = verb.change) condense, digest - make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary" is one way to abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten
- concentrate(v = verb.motion) Array - draw together or meet in one common center; "These groups concentrate in the inner cities" is one way to converge
- concentrate(v = verb.change) condense, contract - compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan" is one way to alter, change, modify
- concentrate(v = verb.change) boil down, decoct, reduce - be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup" is one way to decrease, diminish, fall, lessen
- concentrate(v = verb.change) boil down, reduce - cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time" is one way to decrease, lessen, minify
Derived forms noun concentrate1, noun concentration3, noun concentration1, noun concentration4
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived forms noun concentration7, noun concentration5
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s on something
Antonym: deconcentrate
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Derived form noun concentration3
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derived forms noun concentration6, noun concentration2
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Derived form noun concentration3
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derived forms noun concentrate2, noun concentration3, noun concentration4
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
Derived forms noun concentrate2, noun concentration3, noun concentration4
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
concentrate, v. t. [Pref. con- + L. centrum center. Cf. Concenter.].
- 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. [1913 Webster]"(He) concentrated whole force at his own camp." [1913 Webster]
- 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 . [1913 Webster]"Spirit of vinegar concentrated and reduced to its greatest strength."
Syn. -- To combine; to condense; to consolidate.
concentrate, v. i.
To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
concentrate, v. & n.
--v.
1 intr. (often foll. by on, upon) focus all one's attention or mental ability.
2 tr. bring together (troops, power, attention, etc.) to one point; focus.
3 tr. increase the strength of (a liquid etc.) by removing water or any other diluting agent.
4 tr. (as concentrated adj.) (of hate etc.) intense, strong.
--n.
1 a concentrated substance.
2 a concentrated form of esp. food.
--v.
1 intr. (often foll. by on, upon) focus all one's attention or mental ability.
2 tr. bring together (troops, power, attention, etc.) to one point; focus.
3 tr. increase the strength of (a liquid etc.) by removing water or any other diluting agent.
4 tr. (as concentrated adj.) (of hate etc.) intense, strong.
--n.
1 a concentrated substance.
2 a concentrated form of esp. food.
Derivative
concentratedly adv. concentrative adj. concentrator n.
Etymology
after concentre f. F concentrer (as con- + centre)
THESAURUS
concentrate
abbreviate, accelerate, aggravate, approach, assemble, attend closely to, attend to business, be alert, be obsessed with, beef up, blow up, bring into focus, bring together, center, centralize, circumscribe, close, close in, close up, close with, cluster, coarct, collect, come together, compact, complicate, compress, concenter, concentralize, concentrate on, concentrate the mind, concentrate upon, concentrated, concentration, condense, congest, congregate, consolidate, constant, constrict, constringe, contract, converge, cram, cramp, crowd, curtail, decoct, decoction, decrease, deepen, densen, densify, direct, distill, distillate, distillation, double, draw, draw in, draw together, elixir, enhance, essence, essentialize, establish, exacerbate, exaggerate, exclusive, express, extract, extraction, fall in with, firm, fix, fix on, fixate, fixed, focalize, focus, focus on, funnel, gather, give heed, group, heap, heat up, heighten, hop up, hot up, infuse, infusion, integrate, intensify, intersect, jam, jazz up, key up, knit, look lively, look out, look sharp, magnify, make complex, mass, meet, melt down, miss nothing, narrow, narrow the gap, nip, pay attention, pay heed, pile, pinch, press, press out, pucker, pucker up, purification, purse, put, quintessence, ram down, ramify, redouble, reduce, refine, refinement, reinforce, render, rivet, run together, scrutinize, set, settle, sharpen, shorten, shrink, soak, solidify, soup up, spirit, squeeze, steadfast, steady, steep, step up, strangle, strangulate, strengthen, study, take care, take heed, taper, think, triple, undistracted, undivided, unfaltering, unite, unremitting, unwavering, watch out, whet, wring, wring out, wrinkleROGET THESAURUS
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Preservation
VB preserve, maintain, keep, sustain, support, hold, keep up, keep alive, refrigerate, keep on ice, not willingly let die, bank up, nurse, save, rescue, be safe, make safe, take care of, guard, stare super antiquas vias, hold one's own, hold one's ground, stand one's ground, embalm, cure, salt, pickle, season, kyanize, bottle, pot, tin, can, sterilize, pasteurize, radiate, dry, lyophilize, freeze- dry, concentrate, evaporate, freeze, quick-freeze, deep-freeze, husband.Assemblage
VB assemble, collect, muster, meet, unite, join, rejoin, cluster, flock, swarm, surge, stream, herd, crowd, throng, associate, congregate, conglomerate, concentrate, precipitate, center round, rendezvous, resort, come together, flock get together, pig together, forgather, huddle, reassemble, assemble, muster, bring together, get together, put together, draw together, scrape together, lump together, collect, collocate, colligate, get, whip in, gather, hold a meeting, convene, convoke, convocate, rake up, dredge, heap, mass, pile, pack, put up, truss, cram, acervate, agglomerate, aggregate, compile, group, aggroup, concentrate, unite, collect into a focus, bring into a focus, amass, accumulate, collect in a dragnet, heap Ossa upon Pelion, assemble, collect, muster, meet, unite, join, rejoin, cluster, flock, swarm, surge, stream, herd, crowd, throng, associate, congregate, conglomerate, concentrate, precipitate, center round, rendezvous, resort, come together, flock get together, pig together, forgather, huddle, reassemble, assemble, muster, bring together, get together, put together, draw together, scrape together, lump together, collect, collocate, colligate, get, whip in, gather, hold a meeting, convene, convoke, convocate, rake up, dredge, heap, mass, pile, pack, put up, truss, cram, acervate, agglomerate, aggregate, compile, group, aggroup, concentrate, unite, collect into a focus, bring into a focus, amass, accumulate, collect in a dragnet, heap Ossa upon Pelion.Centrality
VB be central, converge, render central, centralize, concentrate, bring to a focus.Convergence
VB converge, concur, come together, unite, meet, fall in with, close with, close in upon, center round, center in, enter in, pour in, gather together, unite, concentrate, bring into a focus.
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