concentrate

Formsconcentrates, concentrating, concentrated

Pluralconcentrates

1. 1
   verbintransitive

   To give all your attention to one thing.

   Like pointing a flashlight at one spot in a dark room.

   I can't concentrate when the television is on.

   She concentrated hard on the difficult puzzle.

   Similarfocus

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2. 2
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A thick form of something made by taking most of the water out.

   Like instant coffee powder that becomes a full cup once you add water.

   Mix the orange concentrate with three cans of water.

   This soup comes as a concentrate that you thin with water.

   Similarextract, essence

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3. 3
   verbtransitive

   To make something stronger by taking out the water or waste in it.

   Like leaving a pot of soup to boil down until it tastes much stronger.

   Boiling the sauce for an hour will concentrate its flavor.

   They concentrate the juice by removing most of the water.

   Similarcondense, reduce, enrich, thicken

   Oppositedilute

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4. 4
   verbtransitive

   To bring people or things together into one place or group.

   Like sweeping scattered leaves into a single pile.

   The general concentrated his troops near the bridge.

   We need to concentrate our efforts on the most urgent jobs.

   Similarmass, gather, focus, consolidate, centralize

   Oppositedisperse, scatter, spread, diversify

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5. 5
   verbintransitive

   To come together at one central point.

   Like raindrops running together into one puddle.

   The crowds concentrated near the stage as the show began.

   Power tends to concentrate in the hands of a few.

   Similargather, converge, congregate, cluster, mass

   Oppositedisperse, scatter, spread, diverge

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6. 6
   adjective

   Strong and not thinned out, so a small amount holds a lot of something.

   It is, when good, a concentrate yellow.

   1758, Robert Dossie, The Handmaid to the ArtsHere, concentrate means strong and dense, not watered down or pale.

   Subtracting the liters of concentrate fluid required in the diluted operation.

   2011, v. 80/1, Optimizing Use of Aircraft Deicing & Anti-icing Fluids (ACRP)Here, concentrate means full strength, before water is added to thin it.

   Similarundiluted, condensed, dense

   Oppositedilute, diluted, weak

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