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Concentrated   /kˈɑnsəntrˌeɪtəd/  /kˈɔnsəntrˌeɪtɪd/   Listen
verb
Concentrate  v. t.  (past & past part. concentrated; pres. part. concentrating)  
1.
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."
2.
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.


adjective
concentrated  adj.  
1.
Having a high density of (the indicated substance); as, a narrow thread of concentrated ore. Note: (Narrower terms: undiluted (vs. diluted))
2.
Gathered together or made less diffuse; as, their concentrated efforts; his concentrated attention. Opposite of distributed or diffused. Note: (Narrower terms: bunched, bunchy, clustered; centered, centred, centralized, focused; undivided) (Also See: compact.)
3.
Intense; in an extreme degree; of mental phenomena; as, her concentrated passion held them at bay.
4.
Being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance. Opposite of dilute or unsaturated. Note: (Narrower terms: supersaturated)
Synonyms: saturated.
5.
Reduced to a stronger or more concentrated form; as, concentrated sulfuric acid. Opposite of diluted.
Synonyms: condensed.
6.
Characterized by intensity; especially when imposed from without; of actions; as, concentrated study.
Synonyms: intensive.
7.
Characterized by mental concentration.
Synonyms: intent.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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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 ...
— The Alternate Plan • Gerry Maddren


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