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To pay attention to, or focus on, something closely
“Try to concentrate on what you're doing to avoid making mistakes.”
To direct one's attention or focus on a particular object or activity
“The government has pledged to concentrate its efforts on resolving the current crisis.”
To group together into a single mass or body
“In the remotest angle of the hall, the light had seemed to concentrate into a mass of brightness.”
To meet or come together in a common location
“Populations tend to concentrate in urban centers where they have access to more job opportunities and community networks.”
To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore
“Treatment with water pills in post-menopausal women will concentrate uric acid and result in gout.”
(concentrate on) To fix one's gaze at something intently
“It's really important that you concentrate on the road while you're driving.”
To become or make more intense
To shorten in duration or extent
To restrict (something) to a particular place
To assimilate into a body, structure or system
To convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass
Concentrate on specific area
To muster or pluck up
To listen closely
To apply one's focus or energies towards a task or activity
(apply oneself) To work hard or commit to an objective
To be or become volatile
Address oneself to
To make free from impurities
To direct or guide along a pathway
To look at something, especially intently or while scrunching up one's eyes
To go over in one's head
Involve oneself deeply in something to the exclusion of other concerns
To alter something from its true state, typically to deceive
To devote effort to something
To move to or place in a particular position
A concentrated form of a substance
“Many avoid refined white sugar, using sweeteners like brown rice syrup, fruit juice concentrate, or stevia.”
A particular type of medicinal solution
Fine, dry particles produced by the grinding, crushing, or disintegration of a solid substance
Preserved vegetable, meat or seasonings compressed into a cube shape
A sweet fruit-flavored drink
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