CONCENTRATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does concentrate mean? 

• CONCENTRATE (noun)
  The noun CONCENTRATE has 3 senses:

1. the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore

2. a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water

3. a concentrated example of something

  Familiarity information: CONCENTRATE used as a noun is uncommon.

• CONCENTRATE (verb)
  The verb CONCENTRATE has 8 senses:

1. make denser, stronger, or purer

2. direct one's attention on something

3. make central

4. make more concise

5. draw together or meet in one common center

6. compress or concentrate

7. be cooked until very little liquid is left

8. cook until very little liquid is left

  Familiarity information: CONCENTRATE used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONCENTRATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

concentrate; dressed ore

Hypernyms ("concentrate" is a kind of...):

ore (a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined)

Derivation:

concentrate (make denser, stronger, or purer)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("concentrate" is a kind of...):

food product; foodstuff (a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "concentrate"):

tomato concentrate (a concentrated form of tomatoes)

evaporated milk (milk concentrated by evaporation)

frozen orange juice; orange-juice concentrate (orange juice that has been concentrated and frozen)

Derivation:

concentrate (be cooked until very little liquid is left)

concentrate (cook until very little liquid is left)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A concentrated example of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

the concentrate of contemporary despair

Hypernyms ("concentrate" is a kind of...):

epitome; image; paradigm; prototype (a standard or typical example)

• CONCENTRATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they concentrate    ... he / she / it concentrates   
Past simple: concentrated   
Past participle: concentrated   
-ing form: concentrating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make denser, stronger, or purer

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

concentrate juice

Hypernyms (to "concentrate" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

concentration (strengthening the concentration (as of a solute in a mixture) by removing diluting material)

concentration (increase in density)

concentration (the strength of a solution; number of molecules of a substance in a given volume)

concentrate (the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Direct one's attention on something

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

center; centre; concentrate; focus; pore; rivet

Context example:

Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies

Hypernyms (to "concentrate" is one way to...):

cerebrate; cogitate; think (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments)

Verb group:

rivet (hold (someone's attention))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "concentrate"):

absorb; engross; engulf; immerse; plunge; soak up; steep (devote (oneself) fully to)

recall (cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression)

think (focus one's attention on a certain state)

zoom in (examine closely; focus one's attention on)

hear; listen; take heed (listen and pay attention)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s on something

Derivation:

concentration (great and constant diligence and attention)

concentration (complete attention; intense mental effort)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make central

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

centralise; centralize; concentrate

Context example:

The Russian government centralized the distribution of food

Hypernyms (to "concentrate" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

deconcentrate (make less central)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Make more concise

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

concentrate; condense; digest

Context example:

condense the contents of a book into a summary

Hypernyms (to "concentrate" is one way to...):

abbreviate; abridge; contract; cut; foreshorten; reduce; shorten (reduce in scope while retaining essential elements)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "concentrate"):

capsule; capsulise; capsulize; encapsulate (put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume)

telescope (make smaller or shorter)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

concentration (strengthening the concentration (as of a solute in a mixture) by removing diluting material)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Draw together or meet in one common center

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

These groups concentrate in the inner cities

Hypernyms (to "concentrate" is one way to...):

converge (move or draw together at a certain location)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

concentration (bringing together military forces)

concentration (the spatial property of being crowded together)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Compress or concentrate

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

concentrate; condense; contract

Context example:

Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan

Hypernyms (to "concentrate" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Verb group:

condense (become more compact or concentrated)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

concentration (strengthening the concentration (as of a solute in a mixture) by removing diluting material)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Be cooked until very little liquid is left

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

boil down; concentrate; decoct; reduce

Context example:

The sauce should reduce to one cup

Hypernyms (to "concentrate" is one way to...):

decrease; diminish; fall; lessen (decrease in size, extent, or range)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

concentrate (a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water)

concentration (strengthening the concentration (as of a solute in a mixture) by removing diluting material)

concentration (increase in density)

Sense 8

Meaning:

Cook until very little liquid is left

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

boil down; concentrate; reduce

Context example:

The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time

Hypernyms (to "concentrate" is one way to...):

decrease; lessen; minify (make smaller)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

concentrate (a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water)

concentration (strengthening the concentration (as of a solute in a mixture) by removing diluting material)

concentration (increase in density)

 Context examples 

A question about an individual's difficulty concentrating at its worst.

(Difficulty Concentrating at its Worst, NCI Thesaurus)

These anomalies are concentrated in the southern hemisphere, where aurorae are predicted to occur.

(Blue Aurorae in Mars’ Sky Visible to the Naked Eye, NASA)

At the southern pole, most of the ice is concentrated at lunar craters, while the northern pole's ice is more widely, but sparsely spread.

(Ice Confirmed at the Moon's Poles, NASA)

The researchers obtained vehicle exhaust from a busy street in downtown Toronto and concentrated the fine particles before delivering them through an oxygen-type mask.

(Combatting epigenetic effects from outdoor air pollution, NIH)

As an old friend, you will allow me to hope, Miss Fairfax, that ten years hence you may have as many concentrated objects as I have.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Unhooking the pressurized carbon dioxide supply from these leaves means that they must have a way to collect and concentrate carbon dioxide from the air to drive their artificial photosynthetic reactions.

(Artificial Leaves Convert CO2 to Fuel 10 Times More Efficient Than Nature, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A disorder characterized by a deterioration in the ability to concentrate.

(Concentration Impairment, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

Some scientists predict that El Niño might concentrate in the Pacific without traversing its lengths, while others suggest its pattern may become less predictable.

(El Niño linked to widespread crop failures, SciDev.Net)

A question about whether an individual has or had difficulty concentrating while reading a newspaper or watching the television.

(Difficulty Concentrating Reading Newspaper or Watching Television, NCI Thesaurus)

Because of this crude processing and subsequent de-mixing of the chemical components that you create these valleys and mountains in energy that charges can funnel down and concentrate in.

(‘Messy’ production of perovskite material increases solar cell efficiency, University of Cambridge)