concentrate
to bring or draw to a common center or point of union; converge; direct toward one point; focus: to concentrate one's attention on a problem; to concentrate the rays of the sun with a lens.
to put or bring into a single place, group, etc.: The nation's wealth had been concentrated in a few families.
to intensify; make denser, stronger, or purer, especially by the removal or reduction of liquid: to concentrate fruit juice; to concentrate a sauce by boiling it down.
Mining. to separate (metal or ore) from rock, sand, etc., so as to improve the quality of the valuable portion.
to bring all efforts, faculties, activities, etc., to bear on one thing or activity (often followed by on or upon): to concentrate on solving a problem.
to come to or toward a common center; converge; collect: The population concentrated in one part of the city.
to become more intense, stronger, or purer.
a concentrated form of something; a product of concentration: a juice concentrate.
Origin of concentrate
1synonym study For concentrate
Opposites for concentrate
Other words from concentrate
- con·cen·tra·tive [kon-suhn-trey-tiv, kuhn-sen-truh-], /ˈkɒn sənˌtreɪ tɪv, kənˈsɛn trə-/, adjective
- con·cen·tra·tive·ness, noun
- con·cen·tra·tor, noun
- non·con·cen·tra·tive, adjective
- non·con·cen·tra·tive·ness, noun
- o·ver·con·cen·trate, verb, o·ver·con·cen·trat·ed, o·ver·con·cen·trat·ing.
- pre·con·cen·trate, noun, verb, pre·con·cen·trat·ed, pre·con·cen·trat·ing.
- re·con·cen·trate, verb, re·con·cen·trat·ed, re·con·cen·trat·ing.
- un·con·cen·tra·tive, adjective
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How to use concentrate in a sentence
He echoed Dick Cheney about global warming and said, “We should be concentrating on ISIS.”
It was Scottish imperial pursuits that supplied the capital needed for industry, all while concentrating wealth in fewer hands.
Scotland’s ‘Yes’ Campaign and the Myth of Scottish Equality | Noah Caldwell | September 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe made whatever was going on his own, and with such lightning speed you stopped concentrating.
How Mork Melted the Fonz: Henry Winkler Recalls Robin Williams’s Storming ‘Happy Days’ Debut | Tim Teeman | August 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTComic book obsessives have, of late, been concentrating their geeking out on the casting of Paul Rudd as Ant-Man.
Guardians of the Galaxy’s Chris Pratt Is the Everydude Superhero | Kevin Fallon | August 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“The only thing I was concentrating on was getting the police there so that they could shoot me,” she said.
The First Modern School Shooter Feels Responsible for the Rest | Michael Daly | May 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
He was also the one and only personage in the drama, concentrating on himself the attention of the audience.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeAccordingly the general at once set about quietly concentrating his troops to meet an invasion of Northern Italy by the Allies.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonThe enemy was not more than twenty-two miles away, and was known to be concentrating from all the West.
"Shiloh" as Seen by a Private Soldier | Warren OlneyThe man from Fraser was concentrating his attention on business; at least he found plenty of non-political work for Dan to do.
A Hoosier Chronicle | Meredith NicholsonOut or in, the attack was concentrating on his end—only McCarty and he could stop it.
The Varmint | Owen Johnson
British Dictionary definitions for concentrate
/ (ˈkɒnsənˌtreɪt) /
to come or cause to come to a single purpose or aim: to concentrate one's hopes on winning
to make or become denser or purer by the removal of certain elements, esp the solvent of a solution
(tr) to remove rock or sand from (an ore) to make it purer
(intr often foll by on) to bring one's faculties to bear (on); think intensely (about)
a concentrated material or solution: tomato concentrate
Origin of concentrate
1Derived forms of concentrate
- concentrator, noun
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