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/kˈɑnsəntrˌeɪt/ Listen

verb

Concentrate v. t. (past & past part. concentrated; pres. part. concentrating)

To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of light into a focus; to concentrate the attention. "(He) concentrated whole force at his own camp."

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; as, to concentrate acid by evaporation; to concentrate by washing; opposed to dilute. "Spirit of vinegar concentrated and reduced to its greatest strength."

Synonyms: To combine; to condense; to consolidate.

Concentrate v. i. To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities.

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Etymology of 'Concentrate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... "Never again call upon a mighty name—in vain. It is dangerous. Concentrate your mind upon what I now tell you, and you shall understand a part, at least, of my discovery. As I was saying, I have learned how to find the true name by means of the false; and understand, if you can, that to pronounce a true name correctly ...

— The Human Chord • Algernon Blackwood

... a pertinacious and inquiring mind, and he was also a great debater and student of Dante; and, taking to sculpture, he was one of those who, as we shall see in a later chapter, competed for the commission for the Baptistery gates. It was indeed his failure in that competition which decided him to concentrate on architecture. That he was a fine sculptor his competitive design, now preserved in the Bargello, and his Christ crucified in S. Maria Novella, prove; but in leading him to architecture the ...

— A Wanderer in Florence • E. V. Lucas

... routes. As one merchantman after another was sunk there could no longer be any doubt about it. What if, in panic, we had suddenly dispersed our naval force to every part of the globe? What then? But we didn't. What again if it had been determined, in accordance with some fanciful scheme, to concentrate our main striking force in the Mersey? Germany well might have captured the initiative. But authority was not distracted from its primary purpose. Was its policy a success? Come, now, ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 12, 1916 • Various

... together with his life by drinking disintegrator concentrate. He carried a capsule of it when we escaped from Mercury, and I've heard him swear time and again that he would die before he would permit ...

— The Space Rover • Edwin K. Sloat

... small forces. This letter obliged the consuls hastily to conclude the levy, and go earlier than they had determined into their provinces, with the intention that each should keep his enemy in his own province, and not allow them to form a junction or concentrate their forces. This object was much aided by an opinion possessed by Hannibal; for although he felt assured that his brother would cross over into Italy that summer, yet when he recollected what difficulties he had himself experienced through a period of five months, first in crossing the Rhone, then ...

— History of Rome, Vol III • Titus Livius

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