Definitions for concentrate
ˈkɒn sənˌtreɪtcon·cen·trate

Princeton's WordNet(4.33 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

1. dressed ore, concentrate(noun)

   the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore

2. concentrate(noun)

   a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water

3. concentrate(verb)

   a concentrated example of something

   "the concentrate of contemporary despair"

4. concentrate(verb)

   make denser, stronger, or purer

   "concentrate juice"

5. concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet(verb)

   direct one's attention on something

   "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"

6. centralize, centralise, concentrate(verb)

   make central

   "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food"

7. digest, condense, concentrate(verb)

   make more concise

   "condense the contents of a book into a summary"

8. concentrate(verb)

   draw together or meet in one common center

   "These groups concentrate in the inner cities"

9. condense, concentrate, contract(verb)

   compress or concentrate

   "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"

10. boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrate(verb)

    be cooked until very little liquid is left

    "The sauce should reduce to one cup"

11. reduce, boil down, concentrate(verb)

    cook until very little liquid is left

    "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. concentrate(Noun)

   A substance that is in a condensed form.

   Etymology: From French concentrer

2. concentrate(Verb)

   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; -- opposed to dilute.

   Etymology: From French concentrer

3. concentrate(Verb)

   To focus one's thought or attention (on).

   Etymology: From French concentrer

4. concentrate(Verb)

   To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.

   to concentrate rays of light into a focus

   Etymology: From French concentrer.

5. concentrate(Verb)

   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.

   Antonym: dilute

   Etymology: From French concentrer.

6. concentrate(Verb)

   To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.

   Population tends to concentrate in cities.

   Etymology: From French concentrer.

7. concentrate(Verb)

   To focus one's thought or attention.

   Let me concentrate!

   Etymology: From French concentrer.

Webster Dictionary(2.00 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Concentrate(verb)

   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. Concentrate(verb)

   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. Concentrate(verb)

   to approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities

Freebase(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Concentrate

   A concentrate is a form of substance which has had the majority of its base component removed. Typically this will be the removal of water from a solution or suspension such as the removal of water from fruit juice. One benefit of producing a concentrate is that of a reduction in weight and volume for transportation as the concentrate can be re-constituted at the time of usage by the addition of the solvent.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Concentrate

   kon′sen-trāt, or kon-sen′-, 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. [A lengthened form of Concentre.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'concentrate' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3327

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'concentrate' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2624

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'concentrate' in Verbs Frequency: #294

How to pronounce concentrate?

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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   Veena

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of concentrate in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of concentrate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of concentrate in a Sentence

1. Victoria Lopyreva:

   Soccer is separate from politics because people who work in politics should concentrate on politics, and people who work in soccer should concentrate on soccer, and now I want to say to English fans: 'Guys, get it together, come to Russia and support your national team because they have gotten into the semi-final'.

2. Hedy Kober:

   From many studies we know that mindfulness improves our attention to detail and ability to concentrate, research also shows that if you delay your decision-making by even just a few seconds, those decisions tend to be much more accurate. So mindfulness gives you the ability to pause and think things through more fully.

3. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi:

   We hope that the G7 can be like the G20 and concentrate on economic and development topics countries of the world are the most focused on, ...If certain countries, because of political aims, insert concrete issues like problems left over from history or disputes over territory or sovereignty into the G20, not only will this not benefit the issues' resolution, it could impact upon the regional situation and stability and is inadvisable.

4. Agata Ludwiczak:

   When deciding, we tend to concentrate on and base our decisions on rewards. When executing an action, we switch our attention to the effort required, if this effort is more than we anticipated, we might abandon the task, deciding it's not worth it.

5. Tom Hanks:

   My wife lost her sense of taste and smell, she had severe nausea, she had a much higher fever than I did. I just had crippling body aches, I was very fatigued all the time and I couldn't concentrate on anything for more than about 12 minutes.

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