concentrate

concentrate is a 11-letter English word with 14 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of light into a focus; to concentrate the attention. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 19 · 14 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of light into a focus; to concentrate the attention.
2. transitive verb. 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; as, to concentrate acid by evaporation; to concentrate by washing; -- opposed to dilute.
3. intransitive verb. To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities.
4. noun. a concentrated example of something

   "the concentrate of contemporary despair"

5. noun. a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water
6. noun. the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore
7. verb. cook until very little liquid is left

   "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"

   Synonyms: reduce

8. verb. be cooked until very little liquid is left

   "The sauce should reduce to one cup"

   Synonyms: decoct, reduce

9. verb. make denser, stronger, or purer

   "concentrate juice"

10. verb. make more concise

    "condense the contents of a book into a summary"

    Synonyms: condense, digest

11. verb. compress or concentrate

    "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"

    Synonyms: condense, contract

12. verb. make central

    "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food"

    Synonyms: centralise, centralize

13. verb. direct one's attention on something

    "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"

    Synonyms: center, centre, focus, pore, rivet

14. verb. draw together or meet in one common center

    "These groups concentrate in the inner cities"

Synonyms

reduce, decoct, condense, digest, contract, centralise, centralize, center, centre, focus, pore, rivet

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in concentrate:

concertante

Common word forms

concentrated, concentrates, concentrating

Words from these letters

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