concentrate
pronunciation
How to pronounce concentrate in British English:
UK [ˈkɒnsntreɪt]
How to pronounce concentrate in American English:
US [ˈkɑːnsntreɪt]
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- 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
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- Verb:
- make (the solvent of a solution) dense or denser
- direct one's attention on something
- make central
- make more concise
- draw together or meet in one common center
- compress or concentrate
- be cooked until very little liquid is left
- cook until very little liquid is left
Word Origin
- concentrate (v.)
- 1630s, "to bring or come to a common center," from concenter (1590s), from Italian concentrare, from Latin com- "together" (see com-) + centrum "center" (see center (n.)). Meaning "condense" is from 1680s. Sense of "mentally focus" is c. 1860. Related: Concentrated; concentrating.
- concentrate (n.)
- 1883, from concentrate (v.).
Antonym
Example
- 1. They make it beguilingly easy to concentrate risk .
- 2. Rather concentrate on making british universities as good as possible .
- 3. This is an apple juice and concentrate production line .
- 4. One way to do so is to concentrate sunlight onto them .
- 5. Many people fail to do this and wonder why they cannot concentrate .