Concentrate Definition
kŏnsən-trāt
concentrated, concentrates, concentrating
verb
concentrated, concentrates, concentrating
To bring to, or direct toward, a common center.
Webster's New World
To collect or focus (one's thoughts, efforts, etc.)
Webster's New World
To bring into one main body.
Authority was concentrated in the president.
American Heritage
To come to or toward a common center.
Webster's New World
To increase in strength, density, or intensity.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- zero-in-on
- keep-one-s-eye-on-the-ball
- get on the beam
- rack-one-s-brains
- rivet one's attention
- direct the mind to
- focus one's thoughts
- fix one's thoughts
- pay-heed
- give-heed
- occupy the thoughts with
- occupy the mind with
- think about with absorption
- be engrossed in
- put one's mind to
Antonyms:
- pay no attention
- let mind wander
- ignore
- drift
- be inattentive
- deconcentrate
- decentralize
- decentralise
- scatter
- disperse
- dissipate
- dilute
noun
concentrates
A substance that has been concentrated; specif., a liquid that has been made denser, as by the removal of some of its water.
Orange-juice concentrate.
Webster's New World
Origin of Concentrate
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From French concentrer.
From Wiktionary
From concenter
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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