concentrate en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈkɑn.sən.tɹeɪt/ (Atlantic-Canada, US)
- /ˈkɒn.sən.tɹeɪt/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈkɒn.sən.tɹeɪt/ (Boston, Canada, Maine)
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. By surface analysis, con- + center (centr- in compounds) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Meanings
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(ergative) To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.
to concentrate the attention
to concentrate rays of light into a focus
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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.
to concentrate by washing
to concentrate acid by evaporation
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To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.
Buried within the Mediterranean littoral are some seventy to ninety million tons of slag from ancient smelting, about a third of it concentrated in Iberia. This ceaseless industrial fueling caused the deforestation of an estimated fifty to seventy million acres of woodlands.
2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:Population tends to concentrate in cities.
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(intransitive) To focus one's thought or attention (on).
(oneself)
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.
1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 252:Let me concentrate!
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| concentrates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| concentrated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| concentrated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| concentrating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
reconcentrate · hemoconcentrate · overconcentrate · cryoconcentrate · deconcentrate · concentrative · concentrator · upconcentrate · preconcentrate · concentrated
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (150)
ru концентри́ровать (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · ru концентри́ровать (approach or meet in a common center) · de konzentrieren (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · nl concentreren (focus one's thought or attention) · af konsentreer (approach or meet in a common center) · eo koncentriĝi (focus one's thought or attention) · ga comhchruinnigh (approach or meet in a common center) · de sich konzentrieren (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · ja 集中する (approach or meet in a common center) · pl skupić (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · gl concentrar (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · kk шоғырландыру (focus one's thought or attention) · ru сконцентри́роваться (focus one's thought or attention) · he הִתְרַכֵּז (focus one's thought or attention) · es concentrarse [with en] (focus one's thought or attention) · ja 集中させる (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · ru сосредото́чить (approach or meet in a common center) · it concentrare (increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore) · pl stężać (increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore) · fi keskittää (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · ar تَرَكَّزَ (focus one's thought or attention) · bg насочвам към общ център (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · pt concentrar-se (focus one's thought or attention) · eo koncentri (increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore) · ga tiubhaigh (increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore) · mi arotahi (focus one's thought or attention) · bg концентрирам (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · ga d'aire a dhíriú (focus one's thought or attention) · pl zebrać się (approach or meet in a common center) · mi whakakukū (increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore) · ja 凝縮させる (increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore) · fr se concentrer (focus one's thought or attention) · pl ześrodkować (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · it focalizzare (focus one's thought or attention) · gl concentrar (increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore) · ga d'aird a dhíriú (focus one's thought or attention) · nl concentreren (approach or meet in a common center) · af konsentreer (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · mi āta whakaaro (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · et keskenduma (focus one's thought or attention) · pl skupiać (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · fr concentrer (increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore) · uk зосереджуватися (focus one's thought or attention) · pl zatężyć (increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore) · pl skoncentrować się (approach or meet in a common center) · pl koncentrować się (focus one's thought or attention) · pt concentrar (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · it concentrarsi (approach or meet in a common center) · pt concentrar-se (approach or meet in a common center) · pl skoncentrować się (focus one's thought or attention) · ru сосредото́чивать (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · de sich konzentrieren (focus one's thought or attention) · uk зосере́дити (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · bg концентрирам (increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore) · pl stężyć (increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore) · af konsentreer (focus one's thought or attention) · eo koncentri sin (focus one's thought or attention) · ga cuimsigh (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · kk шоғырлану (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · cs koncentrovat (increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore) · yi זיך קאָנצענטרירן (focus one's thought or attention) · ru сконцентри́ровать (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · pl koncentrować się (approach or meet in a common center) · ko 집중하다 (focus one's thought or attention) · fi keskittyä (approach or meet in a common center) · mi whakahihiwa (focus one's thought or attention) · vi cô (increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore) · tr konsantre olmak (focus one's thought or attention) · sk koncentrovať (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · de sich konzentrieren (approach or meet in a common center) · nl concentreren (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · es concentrar (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · sv koncentrera (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · sk sústrediť (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · yi קאָנצענטרירן (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · fi väkevöidä (increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore) · it puntare (focus one's thought or attention) · pl zagęszczać (increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore) · ru сосредото́чивать (approach or meet in a common center) · el συγκεντρώνομαι (focus one's thought or attention) · la animadverto (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · ar رَكَّزَ (focus one's thought or attention) · la animadverto (focus one's thought or attention) · es concentrarse (approach or meet in a common center) · uk концентрува́ти (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · pl koncentrować (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · ru сосредото́чить (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · gl concentrarse (focus one's thought or attention) · ca concentrar (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · ru концентри́роваться (focus one's thought or attention) · it incentrare (approach or meet in a common center) · ru сконцентри́ровать (increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore) · ru сконцентри́ровать (approach or meet in a common center) · pt concentrar (increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore) · cmn 濃縮 /浓缩 (increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore) · ru сосредото́чиваться (focus one's thought or attention) · cmn 集中 (approach or meet in a common center) · hy կենտրոնանալ (focus one's thought or attention) · uk концентруватися (focus one's thought or attention) · km រំងាស់ (increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore) · vi tập trung (focus one's thought or attention) · pl skupiać się (focus one's thought or attention) · fr concentrer (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · sv koncentrera (increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore) · fi keskittyä (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · sk sústreďovať (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · es concentrar (increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore) · ca concentrar (increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore) · cs soustředit se (approach or meet in a common center) · cs soustředit (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · kw keskreuni (focus one's thought or attention) · cs soustřeďovat (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · uk зосере́джувати (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · fi rikastaa (increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore) · ar رَكَّزَ (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · ja 凝縮する (increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore) · pl skupiać się (approach or meet in a common center) · de konzentrieren (increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore) · pl zatężać (increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore) · cmn 集中 (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · ta ஒருநிலைப்படுத்து (focus one's thought or attention) · ja 集中する (focus one's thought or attention) · pl ześrodkowywać (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · pl skupić się (focus one's thought or attention) · af konsentreer (increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore) · pl skupić się (approach or meet in a common center) · ru концентри́ровать (increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore) · it concentrare (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · sv koncentrera sig (focus one's thought or attention) · bg съсредоточавам (approach or meet in a common center) · pl zagęścić (increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore) · tl palaputin (increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore) · km ប្រមូលអារម្មណ៍ (focus one's thought or attention) · mi arotahi (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · mi whakaarorangi (focus one's thought or attention) · fi keskittyä (focus one's thought or attention) · pl zogniskować (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · hy կենտրոնացնել (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · eo koncentri (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · pl zbierać się (approach or meet in a common center) · ga dlúthaigh (increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore) · pl ogniskować (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · haw noʻonoʻo pono (focus one's thought or attention) · ru сосредото́читься (focus one's thought or attention) · pl skoncentrować (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · hy խտացնել (increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore) · cmn 集中 (focus one's thought or attention) · is einbeita sér (focus one's thought or attention) · uk сконцентрува́ти (bring to, or direct toward, a common center) · nl concentreren (increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore)