concentrate
verbeadjectifnomcourant dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ˈkɒn.sən.tɹeɪt//
- États-Unis//ˈkɑn.sən.tɹeɪt//
- Canada//ˈkɒn.sən.tɹeɪt//
To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.
verbe
- 1
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
- 2
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
- 3
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.
- 4
To focus one's thought or attention (on).
(oneself)
Let me concentrate!
The Group has recently concentrated on two main objectives, the implementation of a Code of Practice on minor station improvements and the preparation of a stock list of approved items of equipment for railway stations.
Étymologie
(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).
adjectif
- 1
concentrated
It is, when good, a concentrate yellow.
Subtracting the liters of concentrate fluid required in the diluted operation.
Étymologie
From Medieval Latin/New Latin concentrātus, perfect passive participle of concentrō (“concentate”). See Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.
nom
- 1
A substance that is in a condensed form.
orange concentrate
Étymologie
From a substantivation of the above adjective. See also -ate (noun-forming suffix). Compare French concentré and German Konzentrat.
Formes
- pluriel
- concentrates
- comparatif
- more concentrate
- superlatif
- most concentrate
- passé
- concentrated
- participe passé
- concentrated
- participe présent
- concentrating
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- concentrates
concentrate · To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.
concentrated · Not dilute; having a high concentration.concentration · The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of…concept · An abstract and general idea; an abstraction.