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concentrate
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Word definitions for concentrate in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1630s, "to bring or come to a common center," from concenter (1590s), from Italian concentrare , from Latin com- "together" (see com- ) + centrum "center" (see center (n.)). Meaning "condense" is from 1680s. Sense of "mentally focus" is c.1860. Related: ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Concentrate \Con*cen"trate\ (? or ?), v. i. To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A concentrate is a form of substance which has had the majority of its base component (in the case of a liquid: the solvent ) removed. Typically, this will be the removal of water from a solution or suspension , such as the removal of water from fruit juice ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES concentrate/focus on an aspect ▪ Accountants often concentrate on one aspect of accounting. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN activity ▪ Police are not saying where they are concentrating their activities but people ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore [syn: dressed ore ] a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water a concentrated example; "the concentrate of contemporary despair"
Usage examples of concentrate.
His aggressive appearance was further enhanced by a trait common among achondroplastic dwarfs: because their tubular bones are shortened, their muscle mass is concentrated, creating an impression of considerable strength.
WITH THE REPEAL of the Stamp Act by Parliament in the spring of 1766, and the easing of tensions that followed in the next two years, until the arrival of British troops at Boston, Adams put politics aside to concentrate on earning a living.
In fact, she was as sick as she had ever been and it was with difficulty that Adams was able to concentrate on anything else.
Bill, Adler and I concentrated on Dorman and Morelli and kept track of every move they made.
Drizzt, whatever his wounds, did not even cry out but moved back into position and started concentrating allover again.
He found it hard to concentrate with the amphisbaena shifting in and out of the travertine couch.
Now, with her promotion, she could concentrate more on hard news, which was more compatible with her immediate goal of becoming an evening anchorperson either here in Dallas or in some other major market, which she hoped would be a stepping-stone to a network position or a cable job that provided nationwide exposure.
Hard and sweaty, he lay with his hands locked under his head, staring at the ceiling and forcing himself to concentrate on the mystery of where Jessica Adams, anchorwoman superstar and closet porn watcher, could be.
And deliberately he concentrated on the antiestablishment, kill-the-Man rhetoric on the radio.
Light Horse regiments were called upon to take a position known as The Nek, a ridge about fifty yards wide at the Anzac front line and thirty yards or so at the Turkish trenches, so that any bayonet charge from our lines would have the effect of forcing troops into a bottleneck, concentrating their numbers for the Turkish machine guns and rifles.
That way they make the Args concentrate their search forces up there in the wrong place.
Be that as it may, they both concentrated on rust-red asters until there were no more left in the buckets.
She had the feeling if he were standing behind her, it would be exceedingly difficult for her to concentrate on the astrometrics display.
The first is a series of autocatalytic chemical reactions concentrated within tiny vesicles whose skins are self-organizing lipid bilayers.
The camera moved on, its autofocusing lens now concentrating on the back wall of the room.