to concentrate on

Examples

• All

• Tourists visiting the U.K. tend to concentrate on London and the home counties.

  Academic text (1999)

• Starting today, your training routines will concentrate on an attack strategy.

  Love Don’t Fade Away (2023)

• You know, start off, concentrate on things that you know and care about.

• I mean, just concentrate on someone else.

  Terry Stone Connection

• I think you have to again, concentrate on business.

  Evan Carmichael

• Grandfather agreed I should concentrate on my music for a while.

  Little Women (1994)

• I wanted to concentrate on my studies, as much as I loved football and whatnot.

  Bernie (2012)

• You've got to concentrate on the action and the intention.

• Cope with what you can't control and then concentrate on what counts.

  Bedros Keuilian

• To succeed in his exams, he needs to concentrate on his studies this semester.

Synonyms

F

to focus on

vsto concentrate on

∞ 2.0

Give most attention and effort to one person or task

is the same idea but may be used more generally

P

to pay attention

vsto concentrate on

∞ 1.6

To focus on someone or something and notice carefully

involves deeper effort and concentration rather than simple attention

C

to concentrate

vsto concentrate on

561 3.4

To give all your attention to one thing

is the same meaning but used with a following object phrase

C

to center

vsto concentrate on

• US

210 2.8

To focus most attention on one thing

is more about directing personal effort intensely toward something

R

to revolve around

vsto concentrate on

84 3.5

Be the main focus of attention, like a person or topic

is action of concentrating effort rather than stating what is main

S

to settle on

vsto concentrate on

55 3.1

To fix your eyes or attention on one thing

is the general act of giving attention, not only fixing on one point

C

to center on

vsto concentrate on

• US

47 3.2

To have something as the main subject

is the active process of giving concentrated attention or effort

Z

to zero in on

vsto concentrate on

44 4.2

To give most attention to one person or thing

is broader, applying to general attention rather than narrow targeting

A

to apply oneself to

vsto concentrate on

41 4.2

To work hard and focus on a task

is similar but can stress general attention rather than effort

K

to keep one's eye on the ball

vsto concentrate on

• Informal

15 5.6

Pay attention to the main goal and avoid distractions

is broader attention, not only staying on a main task

P

to put one's mind to it

vsto concentrate on

14 3.5

To focus all your attention and effort on achieving something

is similar but less goal-oriented and more general attention

R

to revolve about

vsto concentrate on

5.8

To be mainly about one person, topic, or thing

focuses on intentional directing of attention or effort toward something

Antonyms

D

to distract

513 2.1

To make someone stop paying attention to what they are doing or thinking about

How Focused

to zero in on

44 4.2

to concentrate on

279 3.1

to focus on

∞ 2.0

to attend to

151 3.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology