Concentrate
['kɒns(ə)ntreɪt] or ['kɑnsn'tret]
Definition
(noun.) a concentrated example of something; 'the concentrate of contemporary despair'.
(noun.) a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water.
(verb.) make denser, stronger, or purer; 'concentrate juice'.
(verb.) direct one's attention on something; 'Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies'.
(verb.) draw together or meet in one common center; 'These groups concentrate in the inner cities'.
Inputed by Kirsten--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of light into a focus; to concentrate the attention.
(v. t.) 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; as, to concentrate acid by evaporation; to concentrate by washing; -- opposed to dilute.
(v. i.) To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Condense, bring into a small compass, bring toward a central point.[2]. Boil down, reduce by evaporation.
Editor: Mervin
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:assemble, converge, muster, congregate, convene, draw, conglomerate, condense,localize, centralize
ANT:Disperse, scatter, dismiss, decentralize
Checked by Antoine
Definition
v.t. to bring towards a common centre: to bring into a closer union: to condense to render more intense the properties of.—adj. Concen′trated (also Con′-).—n. Concentrā′tion act of concentrating: condensation: the keeping of the mind fixed on something.—adj. Concen′trative tending to concentrate.—n. Concen′trativeness.
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Examples
- My general plan now was to concentrate all the force possible against the Confederate armies in the field. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The colleges submit to it whenever they concentrate their attention on the details of the student's vocation before they have built up some cultural background. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It was his opinion that it was cheaper to quarry and concentrate lean ore in a big way than to attempt to mine, under adverse circumstances, limited bodies of high-grade ore. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The impossibility of obtaining a uniform concentrate was a most serious objection, had there not indeed been other difficulties which rendered this method commercially impracticable. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Fortify, or rather intrench, at once, and concentrate all your troops for the field there as rapidly as you can. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But I have so much to think of, in connexion with Borrioboola-Gha and it is so necessary I should concentrate myself that there is my remedy, you see. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- At the same time other points within my command were so threatened that it was impossible to concentrate a force to drive him away. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- By the same degrees his attention became concentrated on the knife. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The vouchers were produced, and for the next half-hour Mr Fledgeby concentrated his sublime attention on them. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A word more, and the attention of the reader (concentrated breathlessly on myself) shall be released. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Mr. Pickwick returned the glare, concentrated into a focus by means of his spectacles, and breathed a bold defiance. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- There were supposed to be Italian troops concentrated in Soria, and at Siguenza again besides those operating in the North. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- As the concentrated expression returned to his forehead, he seemed to become conscious that it was in hers too. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- These jetties so concentrated the flow of waters into a narrow channel as to cause its increased velocity to wash out the mud and silt and deepen the channel. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- My dear George, returns the elder, concentrating his strong steady brow upon him and smiling confidently, leave that to me, and let me try. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The Edison concentrating plant has been sketched in the briefest outline with a view of affording merely a bare idea of the great work of its projector. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- His genius as an inventor is revealed in many details of the great concentrating plant. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Edison has said that sometimes he has wondered how it was he did not become an analytical chemist instead of concentrating on electricity, for which he had at first no great inclination. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Sigel is concentrating now. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Concentrating my mind upon the massive lock I hurled the nine thought waves against it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Likewise, it seems to me that, concentrating our attention on the examination, we altogether overlook one of the best points of the animal. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- We are now in sight of the real 'concentrates,' which are conveyed to dryer No. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Obviously, at each step the percentage of felspar and phosphorus is less and less until in the final concentrates the percentage of iron oxide is 91 to 93 per cent. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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