concentrate
verb
[ ˈkɒns(ə)ntreɪt ]
• focus all one's attention on a particular object or activity.
• "she couldn't concentrate on the film"
Similar:
focus,
direct,
centre,
centralize,
bring to bear,
home in on,
zero in on,
focus one's attention on,
focus on,
pay attention to,
keep one's mind on,
apply oneself to,
address oneself to,
devote oneself to,
get down to,
put one's mind to,
be absorbed in,
be engrossed in,
be immersed in,
think about closely,
consider closely,
rack one's brains about/over,
cudgel one's brains about/over,
get stuck into,
• gather (people or things) together in a common location.
• "the nation's wealth was concentrated in the hands of the governing elite"
• increase the strength or proportion of (a substance or solution) by removing or reducing the other diluting agent or by selective accumulation of atoms or molecules.
• "plants and microorganisms can concentrate metals from the environment"
concentrate
noun
• a substance made by removing or reducing the diluting agent; a concentrated form of something.
• "apple juice concentrate"
Origin:
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘bring towards a centre’): Latinized form of concentre, or from French concentrer ‘to concentrate’. concentrate (sense 1 of the verb) dates from the early 20th century.
