Complete Definition of "concentrate"

English

Etymology
From French concentrer

Verb
en-verb|concentrat|ing

  1. transitive, intransitive 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
#: to concentrate the attention
#: Let me concentrate!

  1. 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.

#: to concentrate acid by evaporation
#: to concentrate by washing

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

#: Population tends to concentrate in cities.

Translations
trans-top|To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to gather into one; to concentrate the attention
Czech: soust�edit
Finnish: keskittää (transitive), keskittyä (intransitive)
German: konzentrieren, sich konzentrieren
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trans-top|To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore
Finnish: väkevöidä (liquid), rikastaa (ore)
German: konzentrieren
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trans-top|To approach or meet in a common center
Czech: soust�edit se
Finnish: keskittyä
German: sich konzentrieren
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ttbc|French: concentrer (1,2), se concentrer (3)
ttbc|Hebrew: �ר�� (le'rakez) (1)
ttbc|Italian: concentrare (1,2), concentrarsi (3)
ttbc|Japanese: ���(����,atsumaru),�中��(��������,shūchūsuru)(1),�縮��(��������,gy�shukusuru)
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Derived terms
concentrated

Noun
en-noun

  1. A substance that is in a condensed form.

Translations
trans-top|A substance that is in a condensed form
Finnish: tiiviste, rikaste, konsentraatti
German: Konzentrat n
Hebrew: תר��� (tarkyz) m
Italian: concentrato m
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Italian

Adjective
concentrate p

  1. feminine of|concentrato#Adjective|concentrato

Verb
concentrate

  1. second-person plural present tense of concentrare
  2. second-person plural imperative of concentrare
  3. feminine plural of concentrato, past participle of concentrare

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