[ˈkɒnsɛntreɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- focus all one's attention on a particular object or activity
(e.g: she couldn't concentrate on the film)

- gather (people or things) together in a common location
(e.g: 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
(e.g: plants and microorganisms can concentrate metals from the environment)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘bring towards a centre’): Latinized form of concentre, or from French concentrer ‘to concentrate’. concentrate dates from the early 20th century

[ˈkɒnsɛntreɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a substance made by removing or reducing the diluting agent; a concentrated form of something
(e.g: apple juice concentrate)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘bring towards a centre’): Latinized form of concentre, or from French concentrer ‘to concentrate’. concentrate dates from the early 20th century