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- pronunciation:
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- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
concentrates, concentrating, concentrated |
| definition 1: |
to draw together to a center; focus.
Just relax and concentrate your attention on this spinning disk.- synonyms:
- center, direct, focus
- antonyms:
- dissipate
- similar words:
- aim, centralize, converge, fasten, fix, rivet
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| definition 2: |
to make purer, more intense, or more essential.
Boiling concentrates thin maple sap into syrup.The orange juice is then concentrated by removing water from the juice.- synonyms:
- boil down, condense, distill, intensify
- antonyms:
- dilute
- similar words:
- converge, crystallize, purify, rectify, reduce, refine, thicken
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| definition 3: |
to gather or collect in one place.
The leaders thought it best to concentrate troops along the northern border.- synonyms:
- centralize, collect, congregate, converge, gather
- antonyms:
- diffuse, dissipate
- similar words:
- assemble, bunch, cluster, concenter, group, mass
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| related words: |
boil down, compact, compress, crowd, nail |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to focus intense mental energy or attention (sometimes fol. by "on").
Could you be quiet so I can concentrate on my work?I'm trying to relax and read, but I'm so excited about tomorrow that I can't concentrate.
- synonyms:
- center, focus
- similar words:
- attend, fasten on
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| definition 2: |
to gather; converge.
The guests concentrated in the center of the room.- synonyms:
- collect, congregate, converge, gather
- antonyms:
- diffuse, disperse, dissipate
- similar words:
- assemble, bunch, centralize, cluster, concenter, group, mass
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| related words: |
buckle, crowd, huddle, major, meditate, meet, minor |
adverb + (v.)concentrate
disproportionately, geographically, heavily, highly, overwhelmingly
(v.)concentrate
+ adverb
exclusively, fiercely, hard, instead, intensely, intently, mainly, primarily, solely, wonderfully
(v.)concentrate
+ noun
attention, breathing, effort, firepower, holding, niche, schoolwork, sensation, surroundings, task
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
something in concentrated form, such as juice or flavoring.
This is a juice concentrate, so you'll have to add water to make it drinkable.- synonyms:
- distillate, essence, extract
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| related words: |
liquor |
adjective + (n.)concentrate
available, bright, chopped, copal, frozen, liquid, sliced, soy, tangerine, thawed, tiny, whole
verb + (n.)concentrate
add,
apply,
arrive,
buy,
cause,
close,
combine,
contain,
control,
create,
cup,
develop,
draw,
feed,
freeze,
let,
load,
make,
mix,
pour,
prefer,
prepare,
produce,
raise,
reconstitute,
replace,
sell,
shift,
thaw,
transfer
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noun + (n.)concentrate
apple,
blood,
brine,
chain,
coffee,
contrast,
corn,
cranberry,
cup,
disposal,
extract,
factor,
feed,
fertilizer,
flavor,
food,
form,
fruit,
grape,
herb,
honey,
ice,
image,
ingredient,
juice,
lemon,
molecule,
oats,
oil,
orange,
others,
platelet,
pomegranate,
presidency,
product,
protein,
salt,
seed,
shallot,
step,
supplement,
syrup,
tablespoon,
vegetable
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| derivations: |
concentrative (adj.), concentrator (n.) |
The word concentrate
contains the following parts:
con-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix con-
is an assimilated form of com- used before roots beginning with c, d, f, g, j, n, s, t, and v. See com-. Note: con-
is frequently an intensive prefix, as in " conceive
."
Example words:
conceive, concentrate, concentric, conclude, conclusion, condone, conduce, conducive, conduct, conductive, conduction, confer, conference, confidant, confide, confidence, confident, confine, confirm, conflict, confluence, conflux, conform, confuse, confusion, congener, congratulate, congregate, congress, conjecture, conjunct, conjunction, conjunctiva, connect, connote, conscript, conscription, consign, consonant, conspiracy, constant, constrain, construct, construction, contact, contain, container, context, continue, contract, conversant, convince, convict, conviction, convivial, convocation, convoke, inconceivable, inconsonant, inconspicuous, connotation, consequence, consequent
centr, centri, centro
Greek
root
that means center
Example words:
anthropocentric, center, central, centralism, centralize, centric, centrifugal, centrifugal force, centrifuge, centripetal, centripetal force, centrist, centrosome, concentrate, concentric, eccentric, egocentric, epicenter, geocentric, heliocentric, polycentrism
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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