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concentrate

'kɒnsәntreit12 senses · 7 ms
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verb/ˈkɒn.sən.tɹeɪt//ˈkɑn.sən.tɹeɪt/
  1. 1

    To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.ergative

    • to concentrate rays of light into a focus
    • to concentrate the attention
  2. 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.

    • to concentrate acid by evaporation
    • to concentrate by washing
  3. 3

    To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.

    • Population tends to concentrate in cities.
  4. 4

    To focus one's thought or attention (on).intransitive

    • (oneself)
    • Let me concentrate!
adj
  1. 1

    concentrated

    • It is, when good, a concentrate yellow.
    • Subtracting the liters of concentrate fluid required in the diluted operation.
noun
  1. 1

    A substance that is in a condensed form.

    • orange concentrate

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