concentrate

🇺🇸 /ˈkɑːnsntreɪt/ 🇬🇧 /ˈkɒnsntreɪt/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP3000Oxford3000CEFR-B1
verb
B1

to focus all your attention on one thing

It's hard to concentrate when there's so much noise.

R

to gather things in one place

The company will concentrate its resources on new projects.

R

to make a liquid stronger by removing water

You need to concentrate the juice by boiling it.

noun
R

a strong substance made by removing water

This orange concentrate makes delicious juice when mixed with water.

translation

v. to focus all your attention on one thing; to gather things in one place; to make a liquid stronger by removing water
n. a strong substance made by removing water

Word Forms

3rd Present concentrates
Progressive concentrating
Past concentrated
Perfect concentrated
Plural concentrates