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condense en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French condenser, from Latin condēnsō.
Meanings
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(archaic) Condensed; compact; dense.
The huge condense bodies of planets.
1692, Richard Bentley, [A Confutation of Atheism] (please specify the sermon), London: [Thomas Parkhurst; Henry Mortlock], published 1692–1693:
Forms
condense en · VERB
Pronunciation
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French condenser, from Latin condēnsō.
Meanings
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(transitive) To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.
An abridged dictionary can be further condensed to pocket size.
Boiling off water condenses a thin sauce into a soupier mixture.
The secret course pursued both at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation.
1856, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic. A History. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:In what shape they choose,
Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure.
1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
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(transitive) To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.
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(intransitive) To be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state.
Water condenses on the window on cold days because of the warm air inside.
Forms
Antonyms
dilute
Deriveds
condensate · condensin · condensery · condensability · condensing locomotive · recondense · condensible · condenseness · condensable · polycondense · decondense
Relateds
condensate · condenser · condensation
Synonyms
astringe · pack · squoosh · squish · simplify · thring · mash · thrutch · densitize · compactify · compact · thicken · smush · squeeze · squash · press · reduce · scrunch · condense · telescope
Translations (67)
th ควบแน่น (to be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · es condensar (to concentrate toward the essence) · tr yoğuşmak (to concentrate toward the essence) · de kondensieren (to concentrate toward the essence) · fi tiivistää (to transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · fi kondensoitua (to be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · gl condensar (to transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · tl kintayin (to transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · th ควบแน่น (to transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · ia condensar (to transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · es condensarse (to be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · de kondensieren (to transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · ja 凝縮する (to concentrate toward the essence) · ja 液化する (to transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · bg сгъстя́вам (to concentrate toward the essence) · fr se condenser (to be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · uk конденсува́ти (to concentrate toward the essence) · nl neerslaan (to be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · es condensar (to transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · ia condensar (to be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · ca condensar (to concentrate toward the essence) · ja 液化する (to be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · pt condensar (to transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · it condensare (to concentrate toward the essence) · ru сгуща́ть (to concentrate toward the essence) · ru сгусти́ть (to concentrate toward the essence) · tl kintayin (to be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · uk згусти́ти (to concentrate toward the essence) · it condensarsi (to be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · bg втечнявам (to transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · nl verdichten (to concentrate toward the essence) · ru конденси́роваться (to be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · bg концентрирам (to concentrate toward the essence) · de verkleinern (to concentrate toward the essence) · la condēnsō (to concentrate toward the essence) · nl condenseren (to be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · gl condensar (to concentrate toward the essence) · sv kondensera (to be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · sv kondensera (to transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · uk конденсува́тися (to be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · nl neerslaan (to transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · pt condensar-se (to be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · uk конденсува́ти (to transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · is þétta (to be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · fr condenser (to transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · tl kumintay (to transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · it condensare (to transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · ga giorraigh (to concentrate toward the essence) · mi whakatōtā (to be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · fi tiivistyä (to be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · fr condenser (to concentrate toward the essence) · fi kondensoida (to transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · ro condensa (to transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · el συμπυκνώνω (to concentrate toward the essence) · bg втечнявам се (to be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · gl condensarse (to be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · fi tiivistää (to concentrate toward the essence) · uk згуща́ти (to concentrate toward the essence) · ru конденси́ровать (to transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · ga comhdhlúthaigh (to transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · de kondensieren (to be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · uk згу́щувати (to concentrate toward the essence) · ga comhdhlúthaigh (to be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · nl condenseren (to transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · ca condensar (to transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · ca condensar-se (to be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state) · ja 濃縮する (to concentrate toward the essence)