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(verb) make dense or denser; of the solvent of a solution |
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Related Words: change state, turn |
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(verb) focus one's attention on something |
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Synonyms: center, centre, focus, pore, rivet |
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Related Words: absorb, cerebrate, cogitate, engross, engulf, hear, immerse, listen, plunge, recall, steep, take heed, think, think, zoom in |
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(verb) draw together or meet in one common center; "These groups concentrate in the inner cities" |
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Related Words: converge |
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(noun) a concentrated example; "the concentrate of contemporary despair" |
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Related Words: epitome, image, paradigm, prototype |
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(noun) a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water |
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Related Words: evaporated milk, food product, foodstuff, frozen orange juice, orange-juice concentrate, tomato concentrate |
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(verb) make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary" |
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Synonyms: condense |
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Related Words: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, encapsulate, foreshorten, reduce, shorten, telescope |
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(verb) compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan" |
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Synonyms: condense, contract |
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Related Words: alter, change |
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(verb) make central; "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food" |
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Synonyms: centralize |
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Related Words: alter, change |
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Antonyms: deconcentrate |
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(noun) the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore |
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Synonyms: dressed ore |
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Related Words: ore |
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(verb) cook until very little liquid is left, as of sauces; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time" |
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Synonyms: boil down, reduce |
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Related Words: decrease, lessen, minify |
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(verb) be cooked until very little is left; as of sauces; "The sauce should reduce to one cup" |
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Synonyms: boil down, decoct, reduce |
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Related Words: decrease, diminish, fall, lessen |
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