Condense

//kənˈdɛns// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume. transitive

    "An abridged dictionary can be further condensed to pocket size."

  2. 2
    make more concise wordnet
  3. 3
    To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation. transitive
  4. 4
    undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops wordnet
  5. 5
    To be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state. intransitive

    "Water condenses on the window on cold days because of the warm air inside."

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  1. 6
    compress or concentrate wordnet
  2. 7
    develop due to condensation wordnet
  3. 8
    become more compact or concentrated wordnet
  4. 9
    cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid wordnet
  5. 10
    concentrate by removing water from wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Condensed; compact; dense. archaic

    "The huge condense bodies of planets."

Synonyms

All synonyms
digestabbreviateabridgeabstractaccelerateaggravate

Example

More examples

"This essay is much too long. You have to condense it by getting rid of all the fluff."

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French condenser, from Latin condēnsō.

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