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concentrate [ concen·trate ]
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1. Focus all one's attention on a particular object or activity.
Jerry concentrated harder, and focused on Mr. Hilleary.
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2. (concentrate on/upon) Do or deal with (one particular thing) above all others.
By contrast the style approach concentrates upon what leaders do.
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3. Gather (people or things) together in a common location.
The island's population is concentrated in the city and its suburbs.
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4. Come together in a common location.
Davout and Bernadotte have been ordered to Dornburg, with the other troops concentrating around Jena.
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5. Increase the strength or proportion of (a substance or solution) by removing or reducing the other diluting agent or by selective accumulation of atoms or molecules.
Conodonts from sand were concentrated using a saturated solution of sodium polytungstate.
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1. A substance made by removing or reducing the diluting agent; a concentrated form of something.
apple juice concentrate
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Origin
1. Mid 17th century (in the sense ‘bring towards a centre’): Latinized form of concentre, or from French concentrer ‘to concentrate’. concentrate (sense 1 of the verb) dates from the early 20th century.
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