concentrate
verb (used with object)
to bring or draw to a common center or point of union; converge; direct toward one point; focus.
are concentrating
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present progressiveof concentrate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Most historians are concentrating on the birth itself, when 13 disparate colonies along the east coast of North America declared their intention to separate from Great Britain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
"We are concentrating on renewables, we are concentrating on green energy," says Gillian Martin, Scotland's energy secretary.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2026
Currently, Würzburg quantum physicist Artem Odobesko and Jülich theorist Samir Lounis are concentrating on a large-scale review of the numerous publications that have described the Kondo effect in various combinations of materials since the 1960s.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2023
And while that deal was not confirmed until Friday, Sinclair had told reporters at the tournament that it was all but done and the women are concentrating on their on-field mission.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
“With an incantation, which will work only if you are concentrating, with all your might, on a single, very happy memory.”
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
