Concentrate means to make something stronger, denser, or more focused. If you concentrate your energy, for example, you become more powerful! Concentrate your efforts at digging, and you'll plant that shrub a lot faster.
To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix;
Noun
a concentrated example; "the concentrate of contemporary despair"
Noun
a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water
Noun
the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore
Verb
cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"
Verb
be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup"
Verb
make (the solvent of a solution) dense or denser
Verb
make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary"
Verb
compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"
Verb
make central; "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food"
Verb
direct one''s attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
Verb
draw together or meet in one common center; "These groups concentrate in the inner cities"
v. t.
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.
v. t.
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.
v. i.
To approach or meet in a common center; to
consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities.
Concentrate
(He) concentrated whole force at his own camp.2.
Spirit of vinegar concentrated and reduced to its greatest strength.
Concentrate
To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix;
To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate;
Usage Examples
Architects in the past have tended to concentrate their attention on the building as a static object. I believe dynamics are more important: the dynamics of people, their interaction with spaces and environmental condition.
Goals provide the energy source that powers our lives. One of the best ways we can get the most from the energy we have is to focus it. That is what goals can do for us concentrate our energy.
I concentrate on exercises from the waist down, since that is the laziest part of a woman's body.
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
I think life is far too short to concentrate on your past. I rather look into the future.
If I had a choice as to my perfect career, I would make a couple of films a year and then concentrate on natural history.
I really don't like to do back-to-back movies. I concentrate on things at home. My family and school life are important to me. I try to do one movie a year.
If all the rich and all of the church people should send their children to the public schools they would feel bound to concentrate their money on improving these schools until they met the highest ideals.
Misspelled Formconcentrate, xconcentrate, dconcentrate, fconcentrate, vconcentrate, concentrate, xoncentrate, doncentrate, foncentrate, voncentrate, oncentrate, cxoncentrate, cdoncentrate, cfoncentrate, cvoncentrate, c oncentrate, cioncentrate, c9oncentrate, c0oncentrate, cponcentrate, cloncentrate, cincentrate, c9ncentrate, c0ncentrate, cpncentrate, clncentrate, coincentrate, co9ncentrate, co0ncentrate, copncentrate, colncentrate, cobncentrate, cohncentrate, cojncentrate, comncentrate, co ncentrate, cobcentrate, cohcentrate, cojcentrate, comcentrate, co centrate, conbcentrate, conhcentrate, conjcentrate, conmcentrate, con centrate, conxcentrate, condcentrate, confcentrate, convcentrate, con centrate, conxentrate, condentrate, confentrate, conventrate, con entrate, concxentrate, concdentrate, concfentrate, concventrate, conc entrate, concwentrate, conc3entrate, conc4entrate, concrentrate, concsentrate, concdentrate, concwntrate, conc3ntrate, conc4ntrate, concrntrate, concsntrate, concdntrate, concewntrate, conce3ntrate, conce4ntrate, concerntrate, concesntrate, concedntrate, concebntrate, concehntrate, concejntrate, concemntrate, conce ntrate, concebtrate, concehtrate, concejtrate, concemtrate, conce trate, concenbtrate, concenhtrate, concenjtrate, concenmtrate, concen trate, concenrtrate, concen5trate, concen6trate, concenytrate, concengtrate, concenrrate, concen5rate, concen6rate, concenyrate, concengrate, concentrrate, concent5rate, concent6rate, concentyrate, concentgrate, concenterate, concent4rate, concent5rate, concenttrate, concentfrate, concenteate, concent4ate, concent5ate, concenttate, concentfate, concentreate, concentr4ate, concentr5ate, concentrtate, concentrfate, concentrqate, concentrwate, concentrsate, concentrzate, concentrqte, concentrwte, concentrste, concentrzte, concentraqte, concentrawte, concentraste, concentrazte, concentrarte, concentra5te, concentra6te, concentrayte, concentragte, concentrare, concentra5e, concentra6e, concentraye, concentrage, concentratre, concentrat5e, concentrat6e, concentratye, concentratge, concentratwe, concentrat3e, concentrat4e, concentratre, concentratse, concentratde, concentratw, concentrat3, concentrat4, concentratr, concentrats, concentratd, concentratew, concentrate3, concentrate4, concentrater, concentrates, concentrated.
Other Usage ExamplesI just think old old movies, they make you concentrate and pay attention so much more. They feel so warm. A lot of modern digital videotape, it's just too bright. Don't know why, it's not warm.
I suggest that the introductory courses in science, at all levels from grade school through college, be radically revised. Leave the fundamentals, the so-called basics, aside for a while, and concentrate the attention of all students on the things that are not known.
I had one companion. He was a teacher from the Ukraine who spoke English so we could communicate a bit. I learnt a few Russian words, but it was hard to concentrate.
But I think technology advertising will have to stop addressing how products are made and concentrate more on what a product will do for the consumer.
Be thankful for what you have you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.
I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.
Concentrate on your job and you will forget your other troubles.
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
Comments