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concentrate
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of CONCENTRATE
1
to increase the amount of (a substance in a mixture) by removing other substances <prolonged boiling is required to concentrate the sap when making maple syrup>
Synonyms condense
2
to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective <a president who will try to concentrate public attention on the problems of inner cities>
3
to bring (something) to a central point or under a single control <time to concentrate our efforts on the really important problems that confront us>
4
to bring together in one body or place <concentrate your forces on the right side of the battlefield>
Synonyms accumulate, amass, assemble, bulk (up), collect, concentrate, congregate, constellate, corral, garner, group, lump, pick up, round up
Related Words ball, batch, bunch, cluster, huddle; heap, pile, stack; band, brigade, muster, raise, rally; flock, herd, hive, pack, press, swarm, throng; combine, connect, join, link, merge, pool, unite; archive, arrange, collate, compile, organize, systematize; scrape (up or together); re-collect, regather, regroup
5
to come together into one body or place <recent immigrants tend to concentrate in port cities>
Synonyms cluster, collect, concenter, concentrate, conglomerate, congregate, convene, converge, forgather (or foregather), gather, meet, rendezvous
6
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass <the ozone layer is concentrated 20 to 30 miles above the Earth's surface>
Synonyms accrete, accumulate, amass, build up, concentrate, conglomerate, gather, mass, pile (up), stack (up)
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