condense
verb (used with object)
to make more dense or compact; reduce the volume or extent of; concentrate.
is condensing
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present progressiveof condense (3rd person singular).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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“Songwriting is condensing things and giving yourself the freedom to omit lots of things, just to try and get the essence of an emotion or the essence of a story to come through,” he says.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2023
I think what we are going for is condensing stage time, while distending mythic time … if that makes ANY sense!
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2021
And yet, Post Malone’s angle is condensing that aesthetic leap down to a bunny hop—singing virtually all the way through his hits, barely bothering with flow—and being called a rapper anyway.
From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2018
If a substance is in a closed container at the boiling point, then the liquid is boiling and the gas is condensing at the same rate without net change in their relative amount.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
I tell you that the nebula is condensing at its maximum rate.
From The Second Deluge by Garrett Putman Serviss
