concentrate
Plural: concentrates
Noun
- the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore
- a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water
- a concentrated example of something
- "the concentrate of contemporary despair"
- A substance that is in a condensed form.
Verb
- make denser, stronger, or purer
- "concentrate juice"
- direct one's attention on something
- make central
- make more concise
- draw together or meet in one common center
- "These groups concentrate in the inner cities"
- compress or concentrate
- be cooked until very little liquid is left
- cook until very little liquid is left
- To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.
- 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.
- To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.
- To focus one's thought or attention (on).
Adj
- concentrated
Examples
- Let me concentrate!
- orange concentrate
- Population tends to concentrate in cities.
Origin / Etymology
(early 17th century) From a Romance language, see French concentrer, Italian concentràre, Spanish concentrar; alternatively from Medieval Latin/New Latin concentrō + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare also earlier concentre and German konzentrieren. By surface analysis, con- + center (centr- in compounds) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Synonyms
boil down, center, centralise, centralize, centre, condense, contract, decoct, digest, dressed ore, focus, pore, reduce, rivet, bury, think
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 15
concentrate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordconcentrate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
concentrate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary