concentrate Definition

concentrate
verb concentrated, concentrating

intr
1. To give full attention and energy to them or it.

Form: concentrate on something (often)
Form: concentrate on someone
2. To focus.

Example: concentrate our efforts
Thesaurus: study, ruminate, scrutinize, examine, focus, attend, heed; Antonym: drift, ignore.
tr & intr
3. To bring or come together in one place.

Thesaurus: condense, focus, intensify, strengthen, consolidate, agglomerate, centre, mass, gather, collect; Antonym: disperse, extend.
4. chem.
To increase the strength of (a dissolved substance in a solution), either by adding more of it or by evaporating the solvent in which it is dissolved.
5. chem.
To make (a chemical substance) denser or purer.

noun

1. A concentrated liquid or substance.

Thesaurus: extract, essence, distillation.

Derivative: concentrated

Attentive; focused.

Contracted.

Condensed; compressed.

Etymology: 17c: from Latin con- together + centrum centre.