Meanings
concentrate1
verbconcentrate (third-person singular simple present concentrates, present participle concentrating, simple past and past participle concentrated)
present singular third person concentrates · participle present concentrating · participle past concentrated · past concentrated
- To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.
Population tends to concentrate in cities.
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Buried within the Mediterranean littoral are some seventy to ninety million tons of slag from ancient smelting, about a third of it concentrated in Iberia. This ceaseless industrial fueling caused the deforestation of an estimated fifty to seventy million acres of woodlands.
2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion - intransitiveTo focus one's thought or attention (on).
(oneself)
2 more examples
Let me concentrate!
The Group has recently concentrated on two main objectives, the implementation of a Code of Practice on minor station improvements and the preparation of a stock list of approved items of equipment for railway stations.
1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 252
concentrate2
adjectiveconcentrate (comparative more concentrate, superlative most concentrate)
comparative more concentrate · superlative most concentrate
- concentrated
It is, when good, a concentrate yellow.
1758, Robert Dossie, The Handmaid to the Arts, volume I., page 1141 more example
Subtracting the liters of concentrate fluid required in the diluted operation.
2011, v. 80/1, Optimizing Use of Aircraft Deicing & Anti-icing Fluids (ACRP)
concentrate3
nounconcentrate (plural concentrates)
plural concentrates
- A substance that is in a condensed form.
orange concentrate
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo 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.
Opposite
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore
Similar
dressed ore
Broader
verbdirect one's attention on something
verbbe cooked until very little liquid is left
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
concentrate · verb
- New Latinconcentrō
- Englishconcentrate
(early 17th century) From a Romance language, see French concentrer, Italian concentràre, Spanish concentrar; alternatively from Medieval Latin/New Latin concentrō + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare also earlier concentre and German konzentrieren. By surface analysis, con- + center (centr- in compounds) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
More words from New Latin
Full word history & related roots →concentrate · adjective
- New Latinconcentrātus
- Englishconcentrate
From Medieval Latin/New Latin concentrātus, perfect passive participle of concentrō (“concentate”). See Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.
More words from New Latin
Full word history & related roots →concentrate · noun
From a substantivation of the above adjective. See also -ate (noun-forming suffix). Compare French concentré and German Konzentrat.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans konsentreer, konsentreer
- konsentreerbring to, or direct toward, a common center
- konsentreerincrease the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore
- konsentreerapproach or meet in a common center
- konsentreerfocus one's thought or attention
Arabic رَكَّزَ, رَكَّزَ
- رَكَّزَ (rakkaza)bring to, or direct toward, a common center
- رَكَّزَ (rakkaza)focus one's thought or attention
- تَرَكَّزَ (tarakkaza)focus one's thought or attention
- مركزA substance that is in a condensed form
Bulgarian концентрирам, насочвам към общ център
- концентрирам (koncentriram)bring to, or direct toward, a common center
- насочвам към общ център (nasočvam kăm obšt centăr)bring to, or direct toward, a common center
- концентрирам (koncentriram)increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore
- съсредоточавам (săsredotočavam)approach or meet in a common center
- концентрат (koncentrat)A substance that is in a condensed form
Catalan concentrar, concentrar
- concentrarbring to, or direct toward, a common center
- concentrarincrease the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore
Chinese Mandarin 集中, 濃縮 /浓缩
- 集中 (jízhōng)bring to, or direct toward, a common center
- 濃縮 /浓缩 (nóngsuō)increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore
- 集中 (jízhōng)approach or meet in a common center
- 集中 (jízhōng)focus one's thought or attention
Czech soustřeďovat, soustředit
- soustřeďovatbring to, or direct toward, a common center
- soustředitbring to, or direct toward, a common center
- koncentrovatincrease the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore
- soustředit seapproach or meet in a common center
- koncentrátA substance that is in a condensed form
Dutch concentreren, concentreren
- concentrerenbring to, or direct toward, a common center
- concentrerenincrease the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore
- concentrerenapproach or meet in a common center
- concentrerenfocus one's thought or attention
Esperanto koncentri, koncentri
- koncentribring to, or direct toward, a common center
- koncentriincrease the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore
- koncentri sinfocus one's thought or attention
- koncentriĝifocus one's thought or attention
Estonian keskenduma
- keskendumafocus one's thought or attention
Finnish keskittää, keskittyä
- keskittääbring to, or direct toward, a common center
- keskittyäbring to, or direct toward, a common center
- väkevöidäincrease the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore
- rikastaaincrease the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore
- keskittyäapproach or meet in a common center
- keskittyäfocus one's thought or attention
- tiivisteA substance that is in a condensed form
- rikasteA substance that is in a condensed form
- konsentraattiA substance that is in a condensed form
French concentrer, concentrer
- concentrerbring to, or direct toward, a common center
- concentrerincrease the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore
- se concentrerfocus one's thought or attention
- concentréA substance that is in a condensed form
German konzentrieren, sich konzentrieren
- konzentrierenbring to, or direct toward, a common center
- sich konzentrierenbring to, or direct toward, a common center
- konzentrierenincrease the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore
- sich konzentrierenapproach or meet in a common center
- sich konzentrierenfocus one's thought or attention
- KonzentratA substance that is in a condensed form
Greek συγκεντρώνομαι, συμπύκνωμα
- συγκεντρώνομαι (sygkentrónomai)focus one's thought or attention
- συμπύκνωμα (sympýknoma)A substance that is in a condensed form
Hawaiian noʻonoʻo pono
- noʻonoʻo ponofocus one's thought or attention
Hebrew הִתְרַכֵּז, תַּרְכִּיז
- הִתְרַכֵּז (hitrakéz)focus one's thought or attention
- תַּרְכִּיז (tarkíz)A substance that is in a condensed form
Hungarian koncentrátum
- koncentrátumA substance that is in a condensed form
Icelandic einbeita sér
- einbeita sérfocus one's thought or attention
Irish cuimsigh, tiubhaigh
- cuimsighbring to, or direct toward, a common center
- tiubhaighincrease the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore
- dlúthaighincrease the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore
- comhchruinnighapproach or meet in a common center
- d'aire a dhíriúfocus one's thought or attention
- d'aird a dhíriúfocus one's thought or attention
- tiúchánA substance that is in a condensed form
- dlúthánA substance that is in a condensed form
Italian concentrare, concentrare
- concentrarebring to, or direct toward, a common center
- concentrareincrease the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore
- concentrarsiapproach or meet in a common center
- incentrareapproach or meet in a common center
- focalizzarefocus one's thought or attention
- puntarefocus one's thought or attention
- concentratoA substance that is in a condensed form
Japanese 集中させる, 凝縮する
- 集中させる (shūchū saseru)bring to, or direct toward, a common center
- 凝縮する (gyōshuku suru)increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore
- 凝縮させる (gyōshuku saseru)increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore
- 集中する (shūchū suru)approach or meet in a common center
- 集中する (shūchū-suru)focus one's thought or attention
Korean 집중하다
- 집중하다 (jipjunghada)focus one's thought or attention
Latin animadverto, animadverto
- animadvertobring to, or direct toward, a common center
- animadvertofocus one's thought or attention
Māori āta whakaaro, arotahi
- āta whakaarobring to, or direct toward, a common center
- arotahibring to, or direct toward, a common center
- whakakukūincrease the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore
- arotahifocus one's thought or attention
- whakahihiwafocus one's thought or attention
- whakaarorangifocus one's thought or attention
- kukūA substance that is in a condensed form
Norwegian Bokmål konsentrat
- konsentratA substance that is in a condensed form
Polish skupiać, skupić
- skupiaćbring to, or direct toward, a common center
- skupićbring to, or direct toward, a common center
- koncentrowaćbring to, or direct toward, a common center
- skoncentrowaćbring to, or direct toward, a common center
- ogniskowaćbring to, or direct toward, a common center
- zogniskowaćbring to, or direct toward, a common center
- ześrodkowaćbring to, or direct toward, a common center
- ześrodkowywaćbring to, or direct toward, a common center
- zatężaćincrease the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore
- zatężyćincrease the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore
- stężaćincrease the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore
- stężyćincrease the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore
- koncentratA substance that is in a condensed form
Portuguese concentrar, concentrar
- concentrarbring to, or direct toward, a common center
- concentrarincrease the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore
- concentrar-seapproach or meet in a common center
- concentrar-sefocus one's thought or attention
- concentradoA substance that is in a condensed form
Russian концентри́ровать, сконцентри́ровать
- концентри́ровать (koncentrírovatʹ)bring to, or direct toward, a common center
- сконцентри́ровать (skoncentrírovatʹ)bring to, or direct toward, a common center
- сосредото́чивать (sosredotóčivatʹ)bring to, or direct toward, a common center
- сосредото́чить (sosredotóčitʹ)bring to, or direct toward, a common center
- концентри́ровать (koncentrírovatʹ)increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore
- сконцентри́ровать (skoncentrírovatʹ)increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore
- концентри́ровать (koncentrírovatʹ)approach or meet in a common center
- сконцентри́ровать (skoncentrírovatʹ)approach or meet in a common center
- сосредото́чивать (sosredotóčivatʹ)approach or meet in a common center
- сосредото́чить (sosredotóčitʹ)approach or meet in a common center
- концентри́роваться (koncentrírovatʹsja)focus one's thought or attention
- сконцентри́роваться (skoncentrírovatʹsja)focus one's thought or attention
- концентра́т (koncentrát)A substance that is in a condensed form
Slovak sústreďovať, sústrediť
- sústreďovaťbring to, or direct toward, a common center
- sústrediťbring to, or direct toward, a common center
- koncentrovaťbring to, or direct toward, a common center
Spanish concentrar, concentrar
- concentrarbring to, or direct toward, a common center
- concentrarincrease the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore
- concentrarseapproach or meet in a common center
- concentrarse [with en]focus one's thought or attention
- concentradoA substance that is in a condensed form
Swedish koncentrera, koncentrera
- koncentrerabring to, or direct toward, a common center
- koncentreraincrease the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore
- koncentrera sigfocus one's thought or attention
- koncentratA substance that is in a condensed form
Tagalog palaputin, lapot
- palaputinincrease the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore
- lapotA substance that is in a condensed form
Tamil ஒருநிலைப்படுத்து
- ஒருநிலைப்படுத்து (orunilaippaṭuttu)focus one's thought or attention
Turkish konsantre olmak, konsantre
- konsantre olmakfocus one's thought or attention
- konsantreA substance that is in a condensed form
Ukrainian концентрува́ти, сконцентрува́ти
- концентрува́ти (koncentruváty)bring to, or direct toward, a common center
- сконцентрува́ти (skoncentruváty)bring to, or direct toward, a common center
- зосере́джувати (zoserédžuvaty)bring to, or direct toward, a common center
- зосере́дити (zoserédyty)bring to, or direct toward, a common center
- зосереджуватися (zoseredžuvatysja)focus one's thought or attention
- концентруватися (koncentruvatysja)focus one's thought or attention
Vietnamese cô, tập trung
- côincrease the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore
- tập trungfocus one's thought or attention
Yiddish קאָנצענטרירן, זיך קאָנצענטרירן
- קאָנצענטרירן (kontsentrirn)bring to, or direct toward, a common center
- זיך קאָנצענטרירן (zikh kontsentrirn)focus one's thought or attention
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APA
concentrate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/concentrate
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Chicago
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