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1. (v.t.) condense
to make more dense or compact; reduce the volume or extent of; concentrate.
2. condense
to reduce (a text, speech, etc.) to a shorter form; abridge.
3. condense
to reduce to another and denser form, as a gas or vapor to a liquid or solid state.
4. (v.i.) condense
to become denser or more compact.
5. condense
to reduce a book, speech, or the like to a shorter form.
6. condense
to become liquid or solid, as a gas or vapor:
The steam condensed into droplets.
Etymology: (1475–85; < MF condenser < L condēnsāre=con-con - +dēnsāre to thicken, v. der. of dēnsusdense)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) condense, distill, distil
undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
"water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature"
2. (verb) digest, condense, concentrate
make more concise
"condense the contents of a book into a summary"
3. (verb) condense
remove water from
"condense the milk"
4. (verb) condense
cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid
"The cold air condensed the steam"
5. (verb) condense
become more compact or concentrated
"Her feelings condensed"
6. (verb) condense
develop due to condensation
"All our planets condensed out of the same material"
7. (verb) condense, concentrate, contract
compress or concentrate
"Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) condense
condensed; compact; dense
2. (verb) condense
to make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize
3. (verb) condense
to reduce into another and denser form, as by cold or pressure; as, to condense gas into a liquid form, or steam into water
4. (verb) condense
to become more compact; to be reduced into a denser form
5. (verb) condense
to combine or unite (as two chemical substances) with or without separation of some unimportant side products
6. (verb) condense
to undergo polymerization
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Sense: to make smaller
They have produced a condensed version of the book for children.
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 Afrikaans: verkort, samevat |
 Arabic: يوجِز، يُلَخِّص |
 Bulgarian: кондензирам |
 Brazilian: condensar |
 Czech: zestručnit, zhustit |
 German: zusammenfassen |
 Danish: sammentrænge; gøre kortfa |
 Greek: συνοψίζω, κάνω κτ. μικρότ |
 Spanish: condensar, resumir |
 Estonian: lühendama |
 Farsi: خلاصه کردن |
 Finnish: tiivistää |
 French: condenser |
 Hebrew: לְצַמצֵם, לְתַמצֵת |
 Hindi: सघन होना, जम जाना |
 Croatian: zbiti, sažeti, skratiti |
 Hungarian: tömörít |
 Indonesian: meringkas |
 Icelandic: minnka, stytta |
 Italian: condensare |
 Japanese: 簡約化する |
 Korean: 간략화하다 |
 Lithuanian: sutrumpinti, suglausti |
 Latvian: saīsināt |
 Malay: meringkaskan |
 Dutch: verkorten |
 Norwegian: fortette, trenge sammen, |
 Polish: skracać, kondensować |
 Persian: خلاصه کردن |
 Pashto: متكائف كول، ټينګول، غونډو |
 Portuguese: condensar |
 Romanian: a condensa |
 Russian: делать сокращённый вариан |
 Slovak: zhustiť |
 Slovenian: skrajšati |
 Serbian: skratiti |
 Swedish: förkorta |
 Thai: ย่อ |
 Turkish: kısaltmak, özetlemek |
 Taiwanese: 壓縮，縮寫 |
 Ukrainian: стисло викладати |
 Urdu: خلاصہ |
 Vietnamese: tóm tắt |
 Chinese: 压缩 |
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