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overconcentrate

overconcentrate verb: to concentrate excessively.

Verb

overconcentrate (third-person singular simple present overconcentrates, present participle overconcentrating, simple past and past participle overconcentrated)

  1. To concentrate excessively.
    • We don’t have to overconcentrate on luxury on our ground level.2015 August 4, Vivian Marino, “A Conversation With Kenneth A. Himmel”, in New York Times

Forms of overconcentrate

third-person singular presentoverconcentrates
present participleoverconcentrating
past participleoverconcentrated
pastoverconcentrated

Origin of overconcentrate

From over- + concentrate.

Questions about overconcentrate

What does overconcentrate mean?
Overconcentrate means to concentrate excessively.
What part of speech is overconcentrate?
Overconcentrate is a verb.
What is the past tense of overconcentrate?
The past tense of overconcentrate is overconcentrated.

Words near overconcentrate in the dictionary

  1. overcompress
  2. overcompressed
  3. overcompresses
  4. overcompressing
  5. overcompression
  6. overconcentrate
  7. overconcentrated
  8. overconcentrates
  9. overconcentrating
  10. overconcentration
  11. overconcentrations

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