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
She said her brother had concentrated on moving ahead, even as food remained his passion.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 18, 2022
The existing arrangement had concentrated payments in 2022 and 2023, the statement said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2022
Shivering in the frigid water, I focused on its chill the same way I had concentrated on my breathing back at Meir’s cottage—not to bring me back but to further distance myself from my body.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
