Meaning & Definition of Concentrate in English

1. The desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore

2. A concentrated form of a foodstuff

• The bulk is reduced by removing water

3. A concentrated example of something

• "The concentrate of contemporary despair"

1. Make denser, stronger, or purer

• "Concentrate juice"

2. Direct one's attention on something

• "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"

3. Make central

• "The russian government centralized the distribution of food"

4. Make more concise

• "Condense the contents of a book into a summary"

5. Draw together or meet in one common center

• "These groups concentrate in the inner cities"

6. Compress or concentrate

• "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"

7. Be cooked until very little liquid is left

• "The sauce should reduce to one cup"

8. Cook until very little liquid is left

• "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"