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conc.

conc. is the abbreviation of concentration.

conc. is the abbreviation of concession.

Meaning of concentration

Noun

concentration (usually uncountable, plural concentrations)

  1. (usually) The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.
    • The Koreans
      Almost all the Koreans in China live in the north-eastern provinces. The greatest concentration is found in an area of approximately 1,200 square miles in Kirin Province, an area which is part of the Yen-pien Korean Autonomous Chou.1972, Leo A. Orleans, Every Fifth Child: The Population of China, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 117
    1. (usually) The direction of attention to a specific object.
    2. (usually) The act, process or product of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation.
    3. (usually) The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water.
  2. (usually) A field or course of study on which one focuses, especially as a student in a college or university.
  3. (usually) The proportion of a substance in a whole.
    • The Koreans
      Almost all the Koreans in China live in the north-eastern provinces. The greatest concentration is found in an area of approximately 1,200 square miles in Kirin Province, an area which is part of the Yen-pien Korean Autonomous Chou.1972, Leo A. Orleans, Every Fifth Child: The Population of China, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 117

See all 8 meanings of concentration

Meaning of concession

Noun

concession (usually uncountable, plural concessions)

  1. (usually) The act of conceding.
    • Any parsone, prest or clerk, havyng any benefice... by wey of presentation, donation, concession, collation or institution.c. 1472, October, Rolls of Parliament, Edward IV, 2nd Roll, §8
  2. (usually) A compromise: a partial yielding to demands or requests.
    • But these concessions failed, as I believe concessions to evil always do fail.1865, John Bright, Speeches of John Bright, M.P., on the American Question,, page 174
  3. (historical, usually) A portion of a township, especially equal lots once granted to settlers in Canada.
  4. (historical, usually) A territory—usually an enclave in a major port—yielded to the administration of a foreign power.
    • The French Concession in Shanghai
  5. (Canada, usually) A concession road: a narrow road between tracts of farmland, especially in Ontario, from their origin during the granting of concessions (see above).
  6. (US, usually) The premises granted to a business as a concession (see below)

See all 19 meanings of concession

Questions about conc.

What is conc. the abbreviation of?
Conc. is the abbreviation of concentration.

Words near conc. in the dictionary

  1. conbini
  2. conbinis
  3. Conboy
  4. conbulker
  5. conbulkers
  6. conc.
  7. CONCACAF
  8. concamerate
  9. concamerated
  10. concamerates
  11. concamerating

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Adapted from Wiktionary: conc. (page history and authors); concentration (page history and authors); concession (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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