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- Dictionarycon·cen·trate/ˈkänsənˌtrāt/
verb
- 1. focus one's attention or mental effort on a particular object or activity: "she couldn't concentrate on the movie" Similar Opposite
- 2. gather (people or things) together in numbers or in a mass: "wealth was concentrated in the hands of the governing elite"
noun
- 1. a substance made by removing water or other diluting agent; a concentrated form of something, especially food: "apple juice concentrate"
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The meaning of CONCENTRATE is to bring or direct toward a common center or objective : focus. How to use concentrate in a sentence.
to direct your attention or your efforts towards a particular activity, subject, or problem: Come on, concentrate! We don't have all day to do this. I can't concentrate on my work with all that noise. I find running concentrates the mind (= helps me to think). I'm going to concentrate on my writing for a while.
to bring or draw to a common center or point of union; converge; direct toward one point; focus: to concentrate one's attention on a problem; to concentrate the rays of the sun with a lens. Antonyms: disperse, dissipate.
Concentrate means to make something stronger, denser, or more focused. If you concentrate your energy, for example, you become more powerful! Concentrate your efforts at digging, and you'll plant that shrub a lot faster.
concentrate. If you concentrate on something, or concentrate your mind on it, you give all your attention to it. It was up to him to concentrate on his studies and make something of himself. [VERB + on] Water companies should concentrate on reducing waste instead of building new reservoirs.
1. to bring or draw to a common center; direct toward one point; focus: to concentrate one's attention on a problem. 2. to put or bring into a single place, group, etc.: The population was concentrated in a few cities. 3. to intensify; make denser, stronger, or purer, esp. by the removal or reduction of liquid.
to direct your attention or your efforts toward a particular activity, subject, or problem: Come on, concentrate! We don't have all day to do this. I can't concentrate on my work with all that noise. I find running concentrates the mind (= helps me to think). I'm going to concentrate on my writing for a while.
CONCENTRATE meaning: 1 : to think about something to give your attention to the thing you are doing, reading, etc. often + on; 2 : to cause (attention, efforts, strength, etc.) to be used or directed for a single purpose usually + on.
concentrate meaning, definition, what is concentrate: to think very carefully about something ...: Learn more.
Definition of concentrate verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
