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concentrate

  • verb
  • /ˈkɒn.sən.tɹeɪt/

To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.

Other meanings

  1. 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.

  2. To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.

    “Population tends to concentrate in cities.”

Word history

From New Latin "concentrō".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “concentrate” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.