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| 1. | [ verb ] (chemistry) make dense or denser; of the solvent of a solution | |
| Related terms: | change_state dressed_ore concentration | |
| 2. | [ verb ] focus one's attention on something | |
| Synonyms: | focus center rivet pore centre | |
| Examples: | "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies" |
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| Related terms: | think listen think steep recall zoom_in rivet focus center concentration | |
| 3. | [ verb ] make central | |
| Synonyms: | centralize centralise | |
| Examples: | "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food" |
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| Related terms: | decentralize decentralize change centralization centralisation | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (geology,mining) the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore | |
| Synonyms: | dressed_ore | |
| Related terms: | ore | |
| 5. | [ verb ] make more concise | |
| Synonyms: | condense digest | |
| Examples: | "condense the contents of a book into a summary" |
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| Related terms: | abridge telescope encapsulate concentration digest compilation | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (food) a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water | |
| Related terms: | foodstuff tomato_concentrate evaporated_milk frozen_orange_juice boil_down | |
| 7. | [ verb ] draw together or meet in one common center | |
| Examples: | "These groups concentrate in the inner cities" |
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| Related terms: | converge concentration | |
| 8. | [ noun ] a concentrated example | |
| Examples: | "the concentrate of contemporary despair" |
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| Related terms: | prototype | |
| 9. | [ verb ] compress or concentrate | |
| Synonyms: | contract condense | |
| Examples: | "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan" |
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| Related terms: | change condense contraction | |
| 10. | [ verb ] (food) be cooked until very little is left; as of sauces | |
| Synonyms: | reduce decoct boil_down | |
| Examples: | "The sauce should reduce to one cup" |
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| Related terms: | decrease cooking | |
| 11. | [ verb ] (food) cook until very little liquid is left, as of sauces | |
| Synonyms: | boil_down reduce | |
| Examples: | "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time" |
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| Related terms: | decrease cooking | |
| Similar spelling: |
concentrated concentrate_on concentre concentration concenter concentric concentrical concentricity congenital congenator congener |
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