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con·cen·trate
(kŏn′sən-trāt′)v. con·cen·trat·ed, con·cen·trat·ing, con·cen·trates
v.tr.
1.
a. To direct or draw toward a common center; focus.
b. To bring into one main body: Authority was concentrated in the president.
2. To make (a solution or mixture) less dilute.
v.intr.
1.
a. To converge toward or meet in a common center.
b. To increase by degree; gather: "Dusk began to concentrate into full night" (Anthony Hyde).
2. To direct one's thoughts or attention: We concentrated on the task before us.
n.
A product that has been concentrated, especially a food that has been reduced in volume or bulk by the removal of liquid: pineapple juice concentrate.
[From concenter.]
con′cen·tra′tive adj.
con′cen·tra′tive·ly adv.
con′cen·tra′tor n.
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concentrated
(ˈkɒnsəntreɪtɪd)adj
1. (Cookery) having had water removed to increase concentration
2. focused and intense: a concentrated effort to stay in touch.
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Adj. | 1. | concentrated - gathered together or made less diffuse; "their concentrated efforts"; "his concentrated attention"; "concentrated study"; "a narrow thread of concentrated ore" compact - closely and firmly united or packed together; "compact soil"; "compact clusters of flowers" distributed - spread out or scattered about or divided up |
2. | concentrated - of or relating to a solution whose dilution has been reduced undiluted - not diluted; "undiluted milk"; "an undiluted racial strain" | |
3. | concentrated - intensely focused; "her concentrated passion held them at bay" intense - possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense" | |
4. | concentrated - (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source | |
5. | concentrated - being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance; "a saturated solution" |
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concentrated
adjective
1. condensed, rich, undiluted, reduced, evaporated, thickened, boiled down Sweeten dishes with honey or concentrated apple juice.
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concentrated
adjective1. Not diffused or dispersed:
2. Intensely sustained, especially in activity:
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Translations
مُركَّز
koncentrovaný
koncentreret
koncentrált
òéttur, vatnstæmdur, óblandaîur
koncentrovaný
konsantreyoğunlaştırılmış
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concentrated
[ˈkɒnsəntreɪtɪd] adj (= not diluted) [liquid, juice] → concentré(e)
(= concerted) [effort] → intense
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
concentrated
adj
liquid, substance → konzentriert; in a concentrated form → in konzentrierter Form; concentrated orange juice → Orangensaftkonzentrat nt
(= concerted) effort, attack → konzentriert
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concentrated
[ˈkɒnsənˌtreɪtɪd] adj (juice, attack) → concentrato/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
concentrate
(ˈkonsəntreit) verb1. to give all one's energies, attention etc to one thing. I wish you'd concentrate (on what I'm saying).
2. to bring together in one place. He concentrated his soldiers at the gateway.
3. to make (a liquid) stronger by boiling to reduce its volume.
ˈconcentrated adjective (of a liquid etc) made stronger; not diluted. concentrated orange juice.
ˌconcenˈtration nounShe lacks concentration – she will never pass the exam.
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