concentrate
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From French concentrer
[edit] Verb
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to concentrate (third-person singular simple present concentrates, present participle concentrating, simple past and past participle concentrated)
- (transitive), (intransitive) To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.
- to concentrate rays of light into a focus
- to concentrate the attention
- Let me concentrate!
- To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense; -- opposed to dilute.
- to concentrate acid by evaporation
- to concentrate by washing
- To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.
- Population tends to concentrate in cities.
[edit] Translations
To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to gather into one; to concentrate the attention
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To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore
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To approach or meet in a common center
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[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Noun
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concentrate (plural concentrates)
- A substance that is in a condensed form.
[edit] Translations
A substance that is in a condensed form
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[edit] Italian
[edit] Adjective
concentrate pl.
- Feminine form of concentrato.
[edit] Verb
concentrate
- second-person plural present tense of concentrare
- second-person plural imperative of concentrare
- feminine plural of concentrato, past participle of concentrare
[edit] Anagrams
- Anagrams of acceennortt
- concertante
- concretante
