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concentrate English

Meaning concentrate meaning

What does concentrate mean?
Definitions in simple English

concentrate Verb

— 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. — 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. — If something is concentrated somewhere, there is a lot of it in that place. The fighting was concentrated in a few small areas.

concentrate Noun

— 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.

concentrate

— verb make denser, stronger, or purer concentrate juice — verb (= focus) direct one's attention on something Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies — verb (= centralize, centralise) make central The Russian government centralized the distribution of food — noun (= dressed ore) the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore — verb (= condense) make more concise condense the contents of a book into a summary — noun a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water — noun a concentrated example of something the concentrate of contemporary despair — verb draw together or meet in one common center These groups concentrate in the inner cities — verb (= condense) compress or concentrate Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan — verb (= reduce) cook until very little liquid is left The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time — verb (= reduce) be cooked until very little liquid is left The sauce should reduce to one cup

Synonyms concentrate synonyms

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concentrate English » English

focus condense center gather centre centralize boil down reduce centralise focalize collect assemble think hard rivet rally rake together muster dressed ore digest decoct converge contract consolidate compact combine amass unite unify thicken summarize strain seal pore pay attention organize organise merge join incorporate focus on couple contemplate congregate concentrated concenter compress bring together become concentrated apply aggregate

Topics concentrate topics

What do people use concentrate to talk about?
Language and thought Soul, spirit Mental state

Attention
Universe, creation World Solid, liquid, gas

Liquid
Universe, creation Water

Solutions of water
Language and thought Think Mind

Think about
Physical actions Arrange

Gather
Physical actions Arrange

Multiple things moving
Social behavior Conflict

War

Conjugation concentrate conjugation

How do you conjugate concentrate?

concentrate · verb

Examples concentrate examples

How do I use concentrate in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Turn off the television. I can't concentrate.
It's hard for me to concentrate today.
Let's concentrate on what needs to be done today.
They're making too much noise. I can't concentrate.
Why did you wake me up to tell me something that big? Now, I'll never be able to concentrate on my work!
Concentrate your attention on this problem.
You've lost the ability to concentrate.
All you have to do is to concentrate.
He tried to concentrate on the letter.
Please stop talking. I need to concentrate on my game.
Freshly pressed juice is more expensive than juice from concentrate.
How can you concentrate?
It's good to be able to concentrate single-mindedly on your work, but you're completely ignoring the people around you.
The TV was so noisy that I couldn't concentrate on my reading.
I can't concentrate on my work because of the noise.
Don't look out the window. Concentrate on your work.
He is unable to concentrate on his academic work.
The average man fails not because he lacks ability, but because he lacks ability to concentrate.
You have to concentrate on your recovery.
You only need to concentrate.

Movie subtitles

If you concentrate on Zero too much, they will pull the rug out from under you!
I suppose because it's better that we all concentrate on doing what's best for Susan, and for you.
I've got headaches, I can't concentrate, can't stop perspiring, and I can't stop thinking about how things were before.
I've decided the best way to approach this is to concentrate on one missing woman at a time, starting with.
Now that she's back in proper hands, we can concentrate on more important things.
Well, I expect it's rather difficult for Mr. Rainsford. to concentrate on anything after all he's been through.
LET'S CONCENTRATE.
Now, the first thing we've got to do is concentrate, understand?
I love your frown when you concentrate.
Never mind Broadway, concentrate on the customers out there.
I don't see any harm in it. I play mine whenever I want to concentrate.
Can you concentrate for just a moment?
George, that was fine, but you've got to concentrate again.
George, concentrate.
Now let's concentrate.
Concentrate on the main gate.
I play mine whenever I want to concentrate.
George, that was fine, but you've got to concentrate again. David has to find his bone.
Let me concentrate.
I would close my eyes and concentrate and I would think of nothing.
How can I concentrate when you keep talking about her all the time?
Whoa. We'll just concentrate on one.
After the child's been married as long as you. she may be able to concentrate on matters like cocktails.
We'll get rid of the Jews first, then concentrate on the brunettes.
Now this might be because of the sun and this whole desert, shot at scenario thing but I'm just finding it a little hard to concentrate.
I can't concentrate on it, Jimmy.
What, David? Can you concentrate for just a moment?
I'm trying to concentrate! -I see what's going on now.
I'd concentrate on the view instead, if I were you. Much more worthwhile.
Now, concentrate.

News and current affairs

And it should not be a defensive policy of the sort that tends to concentrate on poor-quality land.
The European Union should stop trying to do everything and concentrate on doing fewer things more effectively.
Cooperation between Ukraine and the West, without a disaster to concentrate everyone's minds, will benefit all concerned.
The attempt to restrain the growth of debt does serve to concentrate the mind - it forces countries to focus on priorities and assess values.
Xi Jinping has used his war on corruption to concentrate more power in his hands than any Chinese leader since Deng Xiaoping, 30 years ago.
Direct talks should concentrate on two parallel tracks.
Such a referendum may also concentrate minds among the Arab Sunnis and Shia in Iraq, when they come to realize that it is their violence that is dismantling Iraq.
The Swedish EU Presidency will concentrate on starting up the concrete work - the nuts and bolts - of the Partnership.
Like maintaining good health, it is not enough to concentrate on a single component.
At present, it seems most Western governments have decided to concentrate on helping Georgia recover economically from the war rather than on punishing Russia directly.
When financial markets concentrate on the fiscal health of the federal government, they miss the extent of government obligations as a whole.
Tudjman's excuse was that Croatia needed to concentrate power for its struggle with Serbian aggression.
Beyond these, of course, is the possibility of switching off altogether and leaving politics to the professionals so as to concentrate on other dimensions of life.
Only then will the smaller members feel adequately respected. Only then will all members again concentrate on getting things done for all instead of each of them on getting the most out of it for himself.
In the rush to concentrate wealth, for example, majority owners of corporations must not be allowed to harm the interests of minority shareholders, who as a rule are honest common citizens.
Many of the real challenges to American power are coming not on the upper military board, on which the unilateralists concentrate, but on the lower transnational board.
For the US, energy self-sufficiency is the perfect excuse for a phased withdrawal from the Middle East; freed from energy dependency, America should be able to concentrate on the Pacific.
A strike designed to destroy Assad's air force and prevent him from dropping bombs full of nails on his people would concentrate his mind on a diplomatic solution.
Direct talks should concentrate on two parallel tracks. They should attempt to produce an immediate cessation of violence from both sides while simultaneously focusing on a permanent settlement of our conflict.
Instead, once financial transactions begin to concentrate in a place, it becomes hard to move them to other places.
Only then will all members again concentrate on getting things done for all instead of each of them on getting the most out of it for himself.
A modern single market should reflect modern needs, and we should concentrate our efforts where they can have most effect.
In today's financial architecture, as with other supply chains, interdependent networks tend to concentrate in powerful hubs.

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