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# concentrate

verb (concentrate, concentrates, concentrated, concentrating); noun (concentrate — a strong liquid, uncountable, e.g. orange concentrate); adjective: concentrated

«concentrate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To give all your attention and thinking to one thing (concentrate on your work). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concentrate/#m1)
2. To bring or gather many things or people into one place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concentrate/#m2)
3. To make a liquid stronger by removing water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concentrate/#m3)
4. Concentrate (noun): a strong form of a liquid that you add water to before using, like juice concentrate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concentrate/#m4)

### In the lessons

At school it is used all the time: «Concentrate on your reading», «I can't concentrate with this noise». In health lessons, sleep, food, water and exercise help you concentrate. In science, a concentrated solution has a lot of dissolved substance in little water; a dilute one has more water. In safety: concentrate when crossing the road — no phone. Phrases: concentrate on, concentrate hard, lose concentration, concentrated juice.

### Examples

- Please concentrate on your maths for ten minutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concentrate/#x1)
- I can't concentrate when the TV is on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concentrate/#x2)
- Close your eyes and concentrate on your breathing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concentrate/#x3)
- Most people in the country are concentrated in the big cities. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concentrate/#x4)
- Mix one cup of orange concentrate with three cups of water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concentrate/#x5)
- Concentrate when you cross the road and put your phone away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concentrate/#x6)
- Salty sea water becomes more concentrated as it evaporates. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concentrate/#x7)

### Note

Stress: CON-cen-trate. Noun of the action: concentration (I lost my concentration). «Concentrate on», not «concentrate at». In science, «concentrated» is the opposite of «dilute» (watered down).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «concentrate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concentrate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«concentrate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/concentrate.html) on Mova free.