transcription, транскрипция: [ kɒns(ə)ntreɪt ]
( concentrates, concentrating, concentrated)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
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...
At work you need to be able to concentrate...
This helps you to be aware of time and concentrates your mind on the immediate task.
VERB : V on n / -ing , V , V n on n
2.
If something is concentrated in an area, it is all there rather than being spread around.
Most development has been concentrated in and around cities.
VERB : usu passive , be V-ed in n , also be V-ed adv
3.
Concentrate is a liquid or substance from which water has been removed in order to make it stronger, or to make it easier to store.
...orange juice made from concentrate.
N-MASS
4.
If you say that an unpleasant fact or situation concentrates someone’s mind , you mean that it makes them think clearly, because they are aware of the serious consequences if they do not.
A term in prison will concentrate his mind wonderfully.
PHRASE : V and N inflect