concentrate
noun
- form of substance which has had the majority of its base component (in the case of a liquid: the solvent) removed
verb
- focus mentally
- affix attention on, focusing of attention
- cause a reduction in volume (as of a liquid)
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.sən.tɹeɪt/ / /ˈkɑn.sən.tɹeɪt/
adj
Etymology: From Medieval Latin/New Latin concentrātus, perfect passive participle of concentrō (“concentate”). See Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.
- concentrated
“It is, when good, a concentrate yellow.”
“Subtracting the liters of concentrate fluid required in the diluted operation.”
noun
Etymology: From a substantivation of the above adjective. See also -ate (noun-forming suffix). Compare French concentré and German Konzentrat.
- A substance that is in a condensed form.
“orange concentrate”
verb
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).
- 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”
- 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”
- To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.
“Population tends to concentrate in cities.”
“Buried within the Mediterranean littoral are some seventy to ninety million tons of slag from ancient smelting, about a third of it concentrated in Iberia. This ceaseless industrial fueling caused the deforestation of an estimated fifty to seventy million acres of woodlands.”
- To focus one's thought or attention (on).
“(oneself)”
“Let me concentrate!”