concentration
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3.5
- noun
- /ˌkɒnsənˈtreɪʃən/
- The key issue in the supply of oil is the concentration of proven reserves in the Middle East.
- a concentration camp
- concentration of poverty
- concentration of power
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Watch on YouTubeThey each spent four years in concentration camps, many camps.
- They each spent four years in concentration camps, many camps.
- A lion has the quintessential concentration of force, which is fangs and claws.
- This extreme level of stock performance concentration can resolve itself in one of three ways.
- What industry that's this size has that lack of concentration?
- It is just a huge concentration of stupid people making bad decisions.
- It's it's just there's no higher concentration of sunny fans than than in an Irish bar.
- We can support the Democrats that are speaking out against the concentration of wealth to a few Americans.
- So the next thing is wealth inequality leads to industry concentration.
- So there's been a great concentration of agencies and databases and the like.
- But we do have a society now where people, we have an increasing concentration of wealth at the top.
- So we have Bernie Sanders calling out the power, the concentration of wealth.
- And they said that they might equate it to a Jewish ghetto, but not a concentration camp.
- The comparison by people like Finkelstein to a Nazi concentration camp is, of course, a absurd and ludicrous.
- And that it's a crazy thought to think that without Frankel and Maslow ending up in concentration camps.
- What variety of goods Do concentrations of wealth properly acquire citizenship?
- Once it's taken from there, it's taken to a conch house, a concentration house.
Examples
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But we do have a society now where people, we have an increasing concentration of wealth at the top.
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The schools were located in low-income inner-city neighborhoods with high concentrations of Mexican Americans.
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This extreme level of stock performance concentration can resolve itself in one of three ways.
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We can support the Democrats that are speaking out against the concentration of wealth to a few Americans.
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There are places in the United States that simply don't have the concentration that others do.
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And unsurprisingly, what we see is a concentration in the centre and in certain areas where most people live.
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The land law in this sense was designed to prevent land concentration or a large-scale land grab.
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Of the businesses affected, there is a large concentration in the automotive and high-tech industries.
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In the city, there is a high concentration of cultural events during the summer months.
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The research showed a significant concentration of pollutants in the river near the factory.
Synonyms
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1.4
An act of collecting people or things into one place
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4.2
How full a place is of people or things
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6.1
A group of things joined together as one whole
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2.1
A large number of people in a small place that makes it feel cramped
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4.1
A group of similar things close together
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8.6
A group of things or people gathered together
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4.3
How closely things are packed together, for example in a crowd or forest
Antonyms
Compounds
- Offensive
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5.6
A place where many people are imprisoned without trial in harsh, crowded conditions
A Nazi camp near Munich where the government locked up and killed Jews and other people during the Holocaust
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7.5
A camp in southwest Poland where Nazis killed many people, mostly Jewish people, during World War II
- Specialized
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6.0
A gradual change in the amount of a dissolved substance from high to low across a space
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8.6
A place like a prison in northwest Germany where Nazis held and killed many Jewish people during World War II
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9.1
A camp in central Germany run by the Nazis where many people are imprisoned and killed during World War II
- Offensive
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6.8
A place or situation where people are kept under very harsh, crowded, and controlled conditions
- Specialized
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5.6
Amount of a substance dissolved in one liter of solution measured in moles per liter
- Specialized
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5.7
The amount of hydrogen ions in a liquid that shows how acidic it is
- Specialized
The amount of dissolved substance in each kilogram of the liquid that holds it
How Dense
Surface Forms
Morphology
concentration = concentrate (transparent) = concentrate + ion
The noun denotes the result or state of concentrating (gathering together), so the derivation from 'concentrate' + '-ion' is direct.
Etymology
Concentration comes from the parts con- 'together' and center 'middle', so it once meant bringing people or things into one place. That is why it can mean a gathering or a high number of things crowded in one area, such as troops gathered for an attack.