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concentrate

verb
/ˈkɒn.sən.tɹeɪt/UK/ˈkɑn.sən.tɹeɪt/US

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).

  1. derived from concentrō

Definitions

  1. To bring to, or direct toward, a common center

    To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.

    • to concentrate rays of light into a focus
    • to concentrate the attention

  2. To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore

    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 concentrate acid by evaporation
    • to concentrate by washing

  3. To approach or meet in a common center

    To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.

    • Population tends to concentrate in cities.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. To focus one's thought or attention (on).

      • (oneself)
      • Let me concentrate!
      • The Group has recently concentrated on two main objectives, the implementation of a Code of Practice on minor station improvements and the preparation of a stock list of approved items of equipment for railway stations.

    2. concentrated

      • It is, when good, a concentrate yellow.
      • Subtracting the liters of concentrate fluid required in the diluted operation.

    3. A substance that is in a condensed form.

      • orange concentrate

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Derived

concentrated, concentrative, concentrator, cryoconcentrate, deconcentrate, hemoconcentrate, overconcentrate, preconcentrate, reconcentrate, upconcentrate

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at concentrate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01concentrate02intensify03render04translate05trance06concentration07concentrating

A definitional loop anchored at concentrate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at concentrate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA