concentrate
/ˈkɑn.sən.tɹeɪt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.07 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.
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.
verb
To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.
adj
Example Sentences
- "to concentrate rays of light into a focus"
- "to concentrate the attention"
- "to concentrate acid by evaporation"
- "to concentrate by washing"
- "Population tends to concentrate in cities."
- "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."
Etymology
(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).
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, concentrō, concentrātus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɑn.sən.tɹeɪt/
- British English: /ˈkɒn.sən.tɹeɪt/
Usage
Inflected Forms
concentrates (present, singular)
concentrating (participle, present)
concentrated (participle, past)
concentrated (past)
more concentrate (comparative)
most concentrate (superlative)
concentrates (plural)