CONCENTRATES Synonyms: 181 Similar and Opposite Words

concentrates

verb

present tense third-person singular of concentrate

as in condenses

to increase the strength of (a substance in a mixture) by removing other substances prolonged boiling is required to concentrate the sap when making maple syrup

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as in focuses

to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective a president who will try to concentrate public attention on the problems of inner cities

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as in consolidates

to bring (something) to a central point or under a single control time to concentrate our efforts on the really important problems that confront us

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as in collects

to bring together in one body or place concentrate your forces on the right side of the battlefield

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as in gathers

to come together into one body or place recent immigrants tend to concentrate in port cities

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as in accumulates

to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass the ozone layer is concentrated 20 to 30 miles above the Earth's surface

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Recent Examples of concentrates The link between the state and the public frays, power concentrates in the hands of the few and institutions are hollowed out. —

Maria Mendiluce, Time, 30 Jan. 2026 Thankfully, despite the lack of entirely dependable public transportation, the French Quarter concentrates most tourist activity into thirteen entirely 'rollable' blocks. —

Sophie Morgan, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026 The current phase expands participation to additional countries and concentrates on issues such as prevention of major equipment failures, safety classification of systems, and scenarios involving loss of external power supplies. —

Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 23 Jan. 2026 River North concentrates some of the city’s most stylish, high-profile sake programs. —

Anna Lee Iijima, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026 Finally, the opinion asserts that the city concentrates poverty by prioritizing construction of new low-income housing in low resource areas. —

Heidi Vonblum, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026 The fabless model that defines modern semiconductors means this demand concentrates through a single chokepoint. —

Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026 This long cooking process drives off excess water and concentrates natural sugars and umami-rich glutamates, giving tomato paste its signature savory depth and gentle sweetness. —

Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 7 Jan. 2026 The short growing season concentrates flavors, creating a rye that’s both aggressive and nuanced and tastes like survival itself. —

Kevin Sintumuang, Outside, 30 Dec. 2025

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Both these methods consume much energy, either to cool surfaces so water vapor condenses or pry water molecules off sorbents through heat and pressure.

— Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Made less dense, the air then rises, cools and condenses into clouds, which produce heavy snow in narrow bands downwind.

— Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2026