# concentrate
## English
### Etymology 1

(early 17th century) From a Romance language, see French concentrer, Italian concentràre, Spanish concentrar; alternatively from Medieval Latin/New Latin concentrō + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare also earlier concentre and German konzentrieren. By surface analysis, con- +‎ center (centr- in compounds) +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix).

#### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈkɒn.sən.tɹeɪt/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈkɑn.sən.tɹeɪt/

#### Verb

concentrate (third-person singular simple present concentrates, present participle concentrating, simple past and past participle concentrated)
* (transitive, intransitive) 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
    to concentrate the attention
* To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense.
    Antonym: dilute
    to concentrate acid by evaporation
    to concentrate by washing
* To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.
    Population tends to concentrate in cities.
** 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion‎:Buried within the Mediterranean littoral are some seventy to ninety million tons of slag from ancient smelting, about a third of it concentrated in Iberia. This ceaseless industrial fueling caused the deforestation of an estimated fifty to seventy million acres of woodlands.
* (intransitive) To focus one's thought or attention (on).
    Let me concentrate!
** 1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 252:The Group has recently concentrated on two main objectives, the implementation of a Code of Practice on minor station improvements and the preparation of a stock list of approved items of equipment for railway stations.

##### Derived terms

* concentrated
* concentrative
* concentrator
* cryoconcentrate
* deconcentrate
* hemoconcentrate
* overconcentrate
* preconcentrate
* reconcentrate
* upconcentrate

##### Related terms

* concentration

##### Translations

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### Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin/New Latin concentrātus, perfect passive participle of concentrō (“concentate”). See Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.

#### Adjective

concentrate (comparative more concentrate, superlative most concentrate)
* concentrated
** 1758, Robert Dossie, The Handmaid to the Arts, volume I., page 114:It is, when good, a concentrate yellow.
** 2011, v. 80/1, Optimizing Use of Aircraft Deicing & Anti-icing Fluids (ACRP):Subtracting the liters of concentrate fluid required in the diluted operation.

### Etymology 3

From a substantivation of the above adjective. See also -ate (noun-forming suffix). Compare French concentré and German Konzentrat.

#### Noun

concentrate (plural concentrates)
* A substance that is in a condensed form.
    orange concentrate

##### Derived terms

* bioconcentrate
* leaf protein concentrate
* superconcentrate
* tomato concentrate

##### Translations
### Anagrams

* concertante

## Italian
### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

concentrate f pl
* feminine plural of concentrato

#### Participle

concentrate f pl
* feminine plural of concentrato

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

concentrate
* inflection of concentrare:
** second-person plural present indicative
** second-person plural imperative

### Anagrams

* concertante, concretante

## Spanish
### Verb

concentrate
* second-person singular voseo imperative of concentrar combined with te