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con·cen·trate (kŏńsən-trāt́)

[From concenter.]

verb: -trat·ed, -trat·ing, -trates. 

transitive verb 

    1. To direct or draw toward a common center; focus.
    2. To bring into one main body: Authority was concentrated in the president.
  2. To make (a solution or mixture) less dilute.

intransitive verb 

    1. To converge toward or meet in a common center.
    2. To increase by degree; gather: “Dusk began to concentrate into full night” (Anthony Hyde)
  2. To direct one's thoughts or attention: We concentrated on the task before us.

noun 

A product that has been concentrated, especially a food that has been reduced in volume or bulk by the removal of liquid: pineapple juice concentrate.

derivatives

cońcen·trátive
adjective
cońcen·trátive·ly
adverb
cońcen·trátor
noun