concentrate
verb (used with object)
to bring or draw to a common center or point of union; converge; direct toward one point; focus.
had concentrated
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past perfectof concentrate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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When the ship arrived, ice had concentrated around the bay and was being pushed toward shore by wind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
Most of the IRC's partners working around Port-au-Prince have had to suspend mobile operations amid the recent escalation, which Dalexis said had concentrated in five hotspots around the capital.
From Reuters ● Aug. 18, 2023
The state-run system, while far from perfect, had concentrated resources at campuses that could fit schools and vocational training and provide care, Guzmán said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 5, 2023
He had concentrated primarily on the tenor saxophone throughout the period but began leaning more to the soprano on Davis’s 1969 album “In a Silent Way.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 2023
Lourdes could not see but she smelled vividly as if her senses had concentrated on this alone.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
