concentrated

[ kon-suhn-trey-tid ]

/ ˈkɒn sənˌtreɪ tɪd /

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adjective

applied with all one's attention, energy, etc.: their concentrated efforts to win the election.

clustered or gathered together closely.

treated to remove or reduce an inessential ingredient, especially liquid: concentrated orange juice.

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Origin of concentrated

First recorded in 1680–90; concentrate + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM concentrated

non·con·cen·trat·ed, adjectivesu·per·con·cen·trat·ed, adjectiveun·con·cen·trat·ed, adjectiveun·con·cen·trat·ed·ly, adverb

well-con·cen·trat·ed, adjective

Words nearby concentrated

concelebrate, concelebration, concent, concenter, concentrate, concentrated, concentration, concentration camp, concentration cell, concentration gradient, concentrative

How to use concentrated in a sentence

Unlike ground-based observations, orbiters can peer into the atmosphere and would have a better time observing how phosphine or other potential biosignatures change over time or over what regions they are most concentrated.
We need to go to Venus as soon as possible|Neel Patel|September 16, 2020|MIT Technology Review
It’s just that they are overwhelmingly being paid by poor people and people living in poor countries, the ones living next to toxic incinerators, gathering plastic waste, and living with the most concentrated air and water pollution.
Big Oil’s hopes are pinned on plastics. It won’t end well.|David Roberts|September 4, 2020|Vox
Some industries, including communication equipment, computers, and textiles, have grown two to three times more geographically concentrated over this period.
COVID-19 and climate change expose the dangers of unstable supply chains|matthewheimer|August 27, 2020|Fortune
Daytime running lights, like the Bontrager Flare RT, have a different, more concentrated beam pattern for higher visibility in bright light.
What You Need to Know About Bike Lights|Aaron Rickel|August 26, 2020|Outside Online

Testing is becoming more concentrated in wealthier areas in Philadelphia, and we have observed a similar pattern in Chicago and New York.
Which Cities Have The Biggest Racial Gaps In COVID-19 Testing Access?|Soo Rin Kim|July 22, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
The trend is particularly concentrated in the coastal states where women are wealthier, more educated, and more liberal.
Men Will Someday Have Kids Without Women|Samantha Allen|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Ground glass is put in food to cause internal bleeding, and nicotine concentrated by boiling can cause a heart attack.
A Million Ways to Die in Prison|Daniel Genis|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
No wonder we enjoy a story where all the power is concentrated in a few wealthy hands.
The Hunger Games Economy|Jedediah Purdy|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The equations of general relativity unambiguously predict event horizons forming if mass is sufficiently concentrated.
Black Holes Exist. So Does Bad Science|Matthew R. Francis|September 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In Sonic, the images that show the business of looking messy and a little druggy are all so stylized, serious, and concentrated.
The Dark Rock Star Fantasy of Saint Laurent’s Hedi Slimane|Liza Foreman|September 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Napoleon himself arrived at Wrzburg on October 2nd, and found his army concentrated, but deficient of supplies.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
The idea was that a concentrated movement should be made against the Allies through the Apennines.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
The French troops, strung out in a great semicircle on the Ebro, were quickly concentrated.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
It has been demonstrated that labor, capital, all the known forces, are far stronger when concentrated and organized.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
The attempt on Alnwick was unsuccessful, and, the open country having bought a truce, the leaders concentrated on Norham.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison