What does concentrate mean?
Definitions for concentrate
ˈkɒn sənˌtreɪtcon·cen·trate
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word concentrate.
Princeton's WordNet
dressed ore, concentratenoun
the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore
concentratenoun
a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water
concentrateverb
a concentrated example of something
"the concentrate of contemporary despair"
concentrateverb
make denser, stronger, or purer
"concentrate juice"
concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivetverb
direct one's attention on something
"Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
centralize, centralise, concentrateverb
make central
"The Russian government centralized the distribution of food"
digest, condense, concentrateverb
make more concise
"condense the contents of a book into a summary"
concentrateverb
draw together or meet in one common center
"These groups concentrate in the inner cities"
condense, concentrate, contractverb
compress or concentrate
"Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"
boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrateverb
be cooked until very little liquid is left
"The sauce should reduce to one cup"
reduce, boil down, concentrateverb
cook until very little liquid is left
"The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"
Wiktionary
concentratenoun
A substance that is in a condensed form.
concentrateverb
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.
concentrateverb
To focus one's thought or attention (on).
concentrateverb
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
concentrateverb
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
concentrateverb
To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.
Population tends to concentrate in cities.
concentrateverb
To focus one's thought or attention.
Let me concentrate!
Etymology: From French concentrer.
Webster Dictionary
Concentrateverb
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
Concentrateverb
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
Concentrateverb
to approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities
Freebase
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
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.]
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Rank popularity for the word 'concentrate' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3327
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'concentrate' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2624
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'concentrate' in Verbs Frequency: #294
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of concentrate in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of concentrate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of concentrate in a Sentence
Look, all of this puts the cart before the horse, you need, it seems to me, a lecture to concentrate on what the news is today. Not a leaked draft. But the fact that the draft was leaked.
We are more concerned about falling behind in relative terms than we are today concerned about debt levels, what we’re urging in Latin America is, please concentrate on the reforms that would bring more vibrancy to growth.
It was so nice to see him standing right in front of you, it's important for us to know Christian is OK so we can concentrate on the rest of the tournament.
I don't know if everyone has the same feeling as I do upon hearing this: that some people in the United States have hearts which are too big and hands which are too long; they always want to be the world's policeman or judge, but actually, as everyone has seen, recently the domestic problems of the United States are not small. So we hope that they can first concentrate efforts on properly handling their own domestic problems.
I have a lot of speed work to do between now and then. I have worked hard on my endurance and now I need to concentrate on the last 300m.
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Translations for concentrate
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- ركز, تركزArabic
- съсредоточавам, концентрирам, концентрат, насочвам към общ центърBulgarian
- concentrarCatalan, Valencian
- soustředit, koncentrát, koncentrovatCzech
- konzentrieren, Konzentrat, [[sich]] [[konzentrieren]]German
- συμπύκνωμαGreek
- concentrar, concentrado, concentrarseSpanish
- متمرکز کردنPersian
- rikastaa, konsentraatti, keskittää, tiiviste, rikaste, väkevöidä, keskittyäFinnish
- concentrer, concentréFrench
- תרכיזHebrew
- koncentrátumHungarian
- concentrarsi, concentrato, concentrareItalian
- 集中, 凝縮Japanese
- animadvertoLatin
- kukū, whakakukū, arotahiMāori
- concentrerenDutch
- концентрировать, сосредоточиваться, сосредоточивать, сконцентрироваться, сконцентрировать, концентра́т, сосредоточиться, сосредоточить, концентрироватьсяRussian
- koncentrera, koncentrat, koncentrera sigSwedish
- yoğunlaşmakTurkish
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