condense

🇺🇸 /kənˈdens/ 🇬🇧 /kənˈdens/
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verb
R

to change from gas to liquid, or to make gas change to liquid

Steam will condense into water when it cools down.

R

to make liquid thicker by removing water

You can condense the soup by boiling it longer.

R

to make writing shorter by using fewer words

The writer had to condense the long story into a short article.

translation

v. to change from gas to liquid, or to make gas change to liquid; to make liquid thicker by removing water; to make writing shorter by using fewer words

Word Forms

3rd Present condenses
Past condensed
Perfect condensed
Progressive condensing