concentrate

/kˈɑnsəntɹˌeɪt/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

verb

make denser, stronger, or purer
“concentrate juice”
direct one's attention on something
“Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies”
make central
“The Russian government centralized the distribution of food”
make more concise
“condense the contents of a book into a summary”
draw together or meet in one common center
“These groups concentrate in the inner cities”
compress or concentrate
“Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan”
be cooked until very little liquid is left
“The sauce should reduce to one cup”
cook until very little liquid is left
“The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time”

noun

the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore
a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water
a concentrated example of something
“the concentrate of contemporary despair”

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