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Concentrated   /kˈɑnsəntrˌeɪtəd/  /kˈɔnsəntrˌeɪtɪd/   Listen
Concentrated

adjective
1.
Gathered together or made less diffuse.  "His concentrated attention" , "Concentrated study" , "A narrow thread of concentrated ore"
2.
Of or relating to a solution whose dilution has been reduced.
3.
Intensely focused.
4.
(of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source.  Synonym: hard.
5.
Being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance.  Synonym: saturated.


Concentrate

verb
(past & past part. concentrated; pres. part. concentrating)
1.
Make denser, stronger, or purer.
2.
Direct one's attention on something.  Synonyms: center, centre, focus, pore, rivet.
3.
Make central.  Synonyms: centralise, centralize.
4.
Make more concise.  Synonyms: condense, digest.
5.
Draw together or meet in one common center.
6.
Compress or concentrate.  Synonyms: condense, contract.
7.
Be cooked until very little liquid is left.  Synonyms: boil down, decoct, reduce.
8.
Cook until very little liquid is left.  Synonyms: boil down, reduce.



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"Concentrated" Quotes from Famous Books



... Rod's bicycle fluttered the bit of blue ribbon that Dan had been sent to the young captain's room to get, and which he had hastily knotted to the handle-bar of his machine just before starting. Eltje Vanderveer smiled and flushed slightly as she noticed it, and then all her attention was concentrated upon the varying fortunes ...
— Cab and Caboose - The Story of a Railroad Boy • Kirk Munroe
... opened his eyes and sat quite still for an instant, all his attention concentrated upon the others in the room, at whom, however, he was afraid to look. It was his aim to conceal from them the fact that he ...
— Everychild - A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old • Louis Dodge
... on the plan above suggested, would answer many, although not all the purposes desired by the commercial community, and serve as a preparatory step for a canal, should it be deemed feasible. After the country has been cleared of wood and properly explored—after the population has been more concentrated, and the opinions of experienced men obtained—a project of oceanic navigation may succeed; but, for the present, we ought to be content with the best and cheapest expedient that can be devised; and the distance is so ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 • Various
... stronger influence than herself, was drawn towards the eastern end of the fane, where a fire appeared to be blazing, a strong ruddy glare being cast upon the broken roof of the choir, and the mouldering arches around it. The noises around them suddenly ceased, and all the uproar seemed concentrated near the spot where the fire was burning. Dorothy besought her friend so earnestly to let her see what was going forward, that Alizon reluctantly and tremblingly assented, and they moved slowly towards the transept, taking ...
— The Lancashire Witches - A Romance of Pendle Forest • William Harrison Ainsworth
... its possibilities, he struck a cold hard surface which repelled him. It was like glass and through it Bart could see a poorly defined figure some distance away. Bart was intrigued. This was a mental barrier thrown up by the fellow on the other side. Well, he'd give the guy some competition. Bart concentrated on cracking the wall, building a visual picture of the ...
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