concentrate
(noun) a concentrated example of something; “the concentrate of contemporary despair”
concentrate
(noun) a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water
reduce, boil down, concentrate
(verb) cook until very little liquid is left; “The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time”
concentrate
(verb) make denser, stronger, or purer; “concentrate juice”
digest, condense, concentrate
(verb) make more concise; “condense the contents of a book into a summary”
condense, concentrate, contract
(verb) compress or concentrate; “Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan”
centralize, centralise, concentrate
(verb) make central; “The Russian government centralized the distribution of food”
concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet
(verb) direct one’s attention on something; “Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies”
concentrate
(verb) draw together or meet in one common center; “These groups concentrate in the inner cities”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
concentrate (third-person singular simple present concentrates, present participle concentrating, simple past and past participle concentrated)
(ambitransitive) To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.
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.
Antonym: dilute
To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.
(intransitive) To focus one's thought or attention (on).
concentrate (plural concentrates)
A substance that is in a condensed form.
• concertante
Source: Wiktionary
Con*cen"trate ( or ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Concentrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Concentrating.] Etym: [Pref. con- + L. centrum center. Cf. Concenter.]
1. 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. (He) concentrated whole force at his own camp. Motley.
2. 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 Ant: dilute. Spirit of vinegar concentrated and reduced to its greatest strength. Arbuthnot.
Syn.
– To combine; to condense; to consolidate.
Con*cen"trate ( or ), v. i.
Definition: To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 April 2025
(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
