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Concentrate
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- 1 concentrated
"It is, when good, a concentrate yellow."
- 1 A substance that is in a condensed form.
"orange concentrate"
- 2 a concentrated example of something wordnet
- 3 a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water wordnet
- 4 the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore wordnet
- 1 To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force. ergative
"to concentrate rays of light into a focus"
- 2 cook until very little liquid is left wordnet
- 3 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.
"to concentrate acid by evaporation"
- 4 be cooked until very little liquid is left wordnet
- 5 To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.
"Population tends to concentrate in cities."
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- 6 make denser, stronger, or purer wordnet
- 7 To focus one's thought or attention (on). intransitive
"(oneself)"
- 8 make more concise wordnet
- 9 compress or concentrate wordnet
- 10 make central wordnet
- 11 direct one's attention on something wordnet
- 12 draw together or meet in one common center wordnet
Etymology
(early 17th century) From a Romance language, see French concentrer, Italian concentràre, Spanish concentrar; alternatively from Medieval Latin/New Latin concentrō + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare also earlier concentre and German konzentrieren. By surface analysis, con- + center (centr- in compounds) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
From Medieval Latin/New Latin concentrātus, perfect passive participle of concentrō (“concentate”). See Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.
From a substantivation of the above adjective. See also -ate (noun-forming suffix). Compare French concentré and German Konzentrat.
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