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 Definition of Concentrate  

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Definitions of 'Concentrate' Wordnet 

1. (noun) dressed ore, concentrate
the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore

2. (noun) concentrate
a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water

3. (verb) concentrate
a concentrated example of something
"the concentrate of contemporary despair"

4. (verb) concentrate
make denser, stronger, or purer
"concentrate juice"

5. (verb) concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet
direct one's attention on something
"Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"

6. (verb) centralize, centralise, concentrate
make central
"The Russian government centralized the distribution of food"

7. (verb) digest, condense, concentrate
make more concise
"condense the contents of a book into a summary"

8. (verb) concentrate
draw together or meet in one common center
"These groups concentrate in the inner cities"

9. (verb) condense, concentrate, contract
compress or concentrate
"Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"

10. (verb) boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrate
be cooked until very little liquid is left
"The sauce should reduce to one cup"

11. (verb) reduce, boil down, concentrate
cook until very little liquid is left
"The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"


Definitions of 'Concentrate' Webster 1913 Dictionary 

1. (verb) Concentrate
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

2. (verb) Concentrate
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

3. (verb) Concentrate
to approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities


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