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to concenter

to concenter

9.3
To bring attention, ideas, or efforts together on one thing
  • verb
  • /kənˈsɛntər/
  • Archaic
translation icon : concentrar
  • "The wretch, concentered all in self

As the fruit begins to ripen, it will actually cause the plant to concentrate its sugars.

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Examples

  • The project team decided to concenter their resources on the most critical tasks to meet the deadline.

  • As the storm approached, the workers were instructed to concenter all equipment in the secure area.

  • Well, now we start to see scenarios evolving where the activity starts to concentrate in the centre.

  • But we really do want to concentrate here on what what Hegel is saying so we can try to make sense of it.

    Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

  • And I'm going to, I'm going to concentrate more highlights closer to the light.

  • So this, this whole study is proving that the Great Pyramid was designed to concentrate electric fields inside of the structure.

  • I'm just going to take a small fluffy brush to concentrate it under the eye.

  • As the fruit begins to ripen, it will actually cause the plant to concentrate its sugars.

    MIgardener

  • But that bigger work that we as women have to do, that's, that's where we've really got to concentrate our efforts.

  • The French Emperor, believing he'd found the main Prussian army, rapidly issued orders for his core to concentrate for battle at Yena.

Synonyms

to focus
vsto concenter
∞ 2.6

To direct attention or thoughts toward something specific

is about bringing separate things together rather than only directing attention
to center
vsto concenter
  • US
210 2.8

To focus most attention on one thing

focuses more on directing attention than gathering separate items
to concentrate
vsto concenter
130 3.6

To bring people or things together in one place

includes ideas and efforts, not only physical gathering or authority
to center on
vsto concenter
  • US
47 3.2

To have something as the main subject

is used for gathering or converging things rather than naming a main subject
to centralize
vsto concenter
  • US
10 5.6

To move work and control into one place or under one leader

is broader, applying to many kinds of coming together beyond authority or location
to focalize
vsto concenter
7.9

To bring things or attention together at one clear point

is about general coming together rather than precise optical clarity

Antonyms

to disperse
104 4.4

To cause people and things, like a crowd or fog, to spread over a wide area

to diverge
19 6.8

To move apart and also become different, like roads or opinions

How Focused

to centralize
  • US
10 5.6
to concenter
  • Archaic
9.3
to converge
51 5.5
to assemble
152 3.3
to gather
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

concenter infinitive
concentered past
concentered past participle
concentering present participle
concenters third person singular

Morphology

concenter = center (semi-transparent) = con + center

The connection to 'center' is clear, but the Latinate prefix 'con-' is not highly productive for many learners even though the sense 'bring together into a center' is fairly direct.

Etymology

Concenter comes from the parts con- ('together') and center ('middle' or 'focus'), so to concenter something is to bring ideas, effort, or things into the same middle and thus to focus them in one place.