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/kˈɑnsəntrˌeɪtəd/ /kˈɔnsəntrˌeɪtɪd/ Listen

verb

Concentrate v. t. (past & past part. concentrated; pres. part. concentrating)

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."

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 dilute. "Spirit of vinegar concentrated and reduced to its greatest strength."

Synonyms: To combine; to condense; to consolidate.

Concentrate v. i. To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities.

adjective

concentrated adj.

1.

Having a high density of (the indicated substance); as, a narrow thread of concentrated ore. Note: (Narrower terms: undiluted (vs. diluted))

2.

Gathered together or made less diffuse; as, their concentrated efforts; his concentrated attention. Opposite of distributed or diffused. Note: (Narrower terms: bunched, bunchy, clustered; centered, centred, centralized, focused; undivided) (Also See: compact.)

3.

Intense; in an extreme degree; of mental phenomena; as, her concentrated passion held them at bay.

4.

Being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance. Opposite of dilute or unsaturated. Note: (Narrower terms: supersaturated)

Synonyms: saturated.

5.

Reduced to a stronger or more concentrated form; as, concentrated sulfuric acid. Opposite of diluted.

Synonyms: condensed.

6.

Characterized by intensity; especially when imposed from without; of actions; as, concentrated study.

Synonyms: intensive.

7.

Characterized by mental concentration.

Synonyms: intent.

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Etymology of 'Concentrated'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Concentrated" Quotes from Famous Books

... were for the most part irregular Shiverings, the Pulse low, soft, slow, quick, unequal, concentrated; a Heaviness in the Head so considerable, that the sick Person could scarce support it, appearing to be seized with a Stupidity and Confusion, like that of a drunken Person; the Sight fixed, dull, wandering, expressing ...

— A Succinct Account of the Plague at Marseilles - Its Symptoms and the Methods and Medicines Used for Curing It • Francois Chicoyneau

... Go on! It shakes! I'm sure it shakes! Oh, Rex, kick! kick for your life!" It was a superfluous entreaty. The strength of ten men seemed to be concentrated in the lad for the next ten minutes, as he fought the iron grating, changing from one position to another, as signs of increasing weakness appeared in different parts of the framework. Norah gasped ...

— Sisters Three • Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

... of every Briton warmed with the genuine love of his country. He must have perceived that all the bulwarks of the constitution were little better than buttresses of ice, which would infallibly thaw before the heat of ministerial influence, when artfully concentrated; that either a minister's professions of patriotism were insincere; or his credit insufficient to effect any essential alteration in the unpopular measures of government; and that, after all, the liberties of the nation could never be so firmly ...

— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. - From William and Mary to George II. • Tobias Smollett

... dejectedly together, their heads drooping with weary patience, as though waiting for this insufferable heat to pass at last. With weary steps I drew near Nikolai Ivanitch's dwelling, arousing in the village children the usual wonder manifested in a concentrated, meaningless stare, and in the dogs an indignation expressed in such hoarse and furious barking that it seemed as if it were tearing their very entrails, and left them breathless and choking, when suddenly in the tavern doorway ...

— A Sportsman's Sketches - Volume II • Ivan Turgenev

... might be with them, though nothing had been said about him in the telegram they had sent. In any case, her one care was to be beautiful after the night journey. She took no interest in mountains and rivers. Her whole soul was concentrated upon the freshness of her complexion and the angle of the mauve hat on her dark waved hair. Never a good sleeper, she had been too feverish at the prospect of seeing Nick to do more than doze off for a few minutes in her berth; consequently, there were annoying brown ...

— The Port of Adventure • Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson

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