concentrate

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈkɒn.sən.treɪt/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈkɑn.sən.treɪt/

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Verb

Plain form concentrate

Third-person singular concentrates

Past tense concentrated

Past participle concentrated

Present participle concentrating

1. (intransitive) If you concentrate on something, you use most of your time and work there.

   We concentrated our rebuilding efforts on villages in the North of the city, where most of the damage had been done.

2. (intransitive) If you concentrate on something, you think about it and not about other things.

   I went to a quiet room so I could concentrate.

   It's better to look at the big picture instead of concentrating on the details.

3. (intransitive) (usually passive) If something is concentrated somewhere, there is a lot of it in that place.

   The fighting was concentrated in a few small areas.

Related words

• concentrated
• concentration

Noun

Singular concentrate

Plural concentrates

1. (countable & uncountable) A concentrate is a liquid such as juice or chemicals from which most of the water has been removed.

   Instead of fresh orange juice, we usually make it from concentrate.