concentrate

  • 21concentrate — verb ADVERB ▪ hard, intensely (esp. AmE), intently (esp. BrE) ▪ She was sitting at her desk concentrating hard. ▪ fully, properly ▪ I …

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  • 22concentrate — 01. Can you please turn your music down, I m trying to [concentrate] on my homework. 02. Pesticides tend to become [concentrated] as they make their way through the food chain. 03. It requires a lot of [concentration] to study in a house full of… …

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  • 23concentrate — v. (D; intr., tr.) to concentrate on (to concentrate all our efforts on solving the problem) * * * [ kɒns(ə)ntreɪt] (D;intr.,tr.) to concentrate on (to concentrate all our efforts on solving the problem) …

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  • 24concentrate — Synonyms and related words: abbreviate, accelerate, aggravate, approach, assemble, attend closely to, attend to business, be alert, be obsessed with, beef up, blow up, bring into focus, bring together, center, centralize, circumscribe, close,… …

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  • 25concentrate — con•cen•trate [[t]ˈkɒn sənˌtreɪt[/t]] v. trat•ed, trat•ing, n. 1) to bring or draw to a common center; direct toward one point; focus: to concentrate one s attention on a problem[/ex] 2) to put or bring into a single place, group, etc.: The… …

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  • 26concentrate — 1. verb /kɒnt.sən.treɪt/ a) To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force. to concentrate rays of light into a focus b) To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a… …

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  • 27concentrate on — phr verb Concentrate on is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑talk Concentrate on is used with these nouns as the object: ↑basics, ↑essentials …

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  • 28concentrate — verb 1》 (often concentrate on) focus all one s attention on something. 2》 bring together in numbers or a mass in one place. 3》 increase the strength of (a solution). noun a concentrated form of something, especially food. Derivatives concentrated …

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  • 29concentrate*/*/*/ — [ˈkɒns(ə)nˌtreɪt] verb 1) [I/T] to give all your attention to the thing that you are doing Shh! I m trying to concentrate.[/ex] Just concentrate on your work.[/ex] 2) [T]be concentrated to exist mainly in a particular area The violence was… …

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  • 30concentrate v — Q: Why did the blonde stare at frozen orange juice can for 2 hours? A: Because it said concentrate …

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