concentrating

Verb

concentrate (third-person singular simple present concentrates, present participle concentrating, simple past and past participle concentrated)

1. (ergative) To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.
   • to concentrate rays of light into a focus
2. To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense.
   • to concentrate acid by evaporation

   Antonyms:

   dilute

3. To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.
   • Population tends to concentrate in cities.
4. (intransitive) To focus one's thought or attention (on).
   • (oneself)

   Synonyms:

   think, bury

See all 6 meanings of concentrate