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- Dictionarycon·cen·tra·tion/ˌkänsənˈtrāSH(ə)n/
noun
- 1. the action or power of focusing one's attention or mental effort: "frowning in concentration" Similar Opposite
- 2. a close gathering of people or things: "the largest concentration of Canada geese on earth" Similar
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Aug 25, 2007 · Concentration (education) Thread starter Ali1984; Start date Aug 25, 2007; A. Ali1984 Senior ...
Aug 14, 2011 · German - Germany. Aug 14, 2011. #1. Hello! I've got another question concerning a certain word, unconcentrated, because Microsoft Word underlines it. But I found it on dict.cc, even though all the non-digital dictionaries I have at home tell me that the translation should be "unfocused", "distracted" or "lacking (in) concentration" and such ...
Jan 15, 2007 · Jan 16, 2007. #8. Mafe Dongo said: the = definite article. the is used to refer to a specific or particular noun. a/an = indefinite article. a/an is used to refer to a non-specific or non-particular noun. I would say the first sentece is the correct one. I am assuming that this label is on the printer.
May 15, 2007 · Spain. U.K. English. May 15, 2007. #10. "A high concentration of people" is absolutely fine in the context of your brochure. Another good expression to use is "passing trade" -. " Our vending machines are strategically placed to take advantage of large volumes of passing trade." or.
Apr 25, 2018 · Maybe that kind of construction using in is what you've heard or seen somewhere. However, that is a completely different thing than the phrasal verb "concentrate on" which means to turn the focus of our mind sharply on one thing or person to the exclusion of all other things on our mind: "I'm too (excessively) concentrated on athletics."
Jan 9, 2012 · Just to complicate things further, in a mathematical context "define x" would probably mean "say what x represents", and "determine x" would mean "put a value to x". This might seem to contradict what I proposed above, but it doesn't really: "define x" still contains the idea of giving more detail to describe x; "determine x" means "discover a ...
Feb 13, 2008 · Back to the thread topic.... the writer uses 'class-ridden' to mean that a society has classes, or is afflicted with the horrible state of having classes. The implication is that this is a noxious state of affairs. Seeing as everyone else has introduced their off-topic twopennorth: it is a noxious state of affairs.
Dec 22, 2006 · 1) Knitting one's eyes. 2) Screwing up one's eyes. People screw up their nose not their eyes. 3) Squinting one's eyes. Squinting is so obviously related to eyes that the use of eyes is redundant. 4) Frowning one's eyes. Brows frown and again frowning is always related to brows so repeating brow is redundant.
Jul 16, 2010 · English-Ireland (top end) Jul 16, 2010. #2. Light reading is something you read easily, requiring no deep thought or concentration, and quite likely to be amusing. It's suitable for reading at the airport or on the beach. Heavy reading is less likely to be used, but clearly means the opposite. War and Peace is heavy reading, to be sure.
Dec 5, 2016 · Dec 5, 2016. #1. According to a definition, a city is a densely populated dwelling place that usually expands more and more, while a town has a less dense population and no tendency to enlarge that much. Thus, a city is considered much larger than a town. Is it possible to say: "I live in a small city." It sounds like "He's a tiny giant" to me.
