Dictionary Entry
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
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- 1transitive 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.
- 2transitive 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.
- 3intransitive verb
To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities.
- 4noun
a concentrated example of something
"the concentrate of contemporary despair"
- 5noun
a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water
- 6noun
the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore
- 7verb
cook until very little liquid is left
"The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"
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- 8verb
be cooked until very little liquid is left
"The sauce should reduce to one cup"
- 9verb
make denser, stronger, or purer
"concentrate juice"
- 10verb
make more concise
"condense the contents of a book into a summary"
- 11verb
compress or concentrate
"Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"
- 12verb
make central
"The Russian government centralized the distribution of food"
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- 13verb
direct one's attention on something
"Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
- 14verb
draw together or meet in one common center
"These groups concentrate in the inner cities"
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