concentrate
//ˈkɒn.sən.tɹeɪt//
Forms
- present (v1)
- concentrate
- past (v2)
- concentrated
- past participle (v3)
- concentrated
- present participle
- concentrating
- 3rd person singular
- concentrates
- Comparative
- more concentrate
- Superlative
- most concentrate
- Plural
- concentrates
Definitions
1.To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.
2.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.
3.To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.
- Population tends to concentrate in cities.
4.To focus one's thought or attention (on).
- The Group has recently concentrated on two main objectives, the implementation of a Code of Practice on minor station improvements and the preparation of a stock list of approved items of equipment for railway stations.
1.concentrated
- It is, when good, a concentrate yellow.
- Subtracting the liters of concentrate fluid required in the diluted operation.
1.A substance that is in a condensed form.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3011
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
(early 17th century) From a Romance language, see French concentrer, Italian concentràre, Spanish concentrar; alternatively from Medieval Latin/New Latin concentrō + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Compare also earlier concentre and German konzentrieren.