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 system concentrates solar energy onto a receiver positioned at the top of a 210-meter (about 689-foot) tower. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026 Capital now concentrates on agentic tools and coordination infrastructure, not traditional junior developer training. — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026 This crucial step concentrates the paste’s flavor and removes any raw spice bitterness. — Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2026 The lens of these devices concentrates the solar rays and can damage your vision. — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2026 Thursday's move, however, came only after the news that Democratic Republic of Congo was officially banning copper and cobalt concentrates exports to encourage more domestic processing. — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026 The current work concentrates mainly on dressing, while automated removal remains a future possibility. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2026 Technology that augments humans spreads prosperity, but technology built to imitate and substitute for them concentrates it. — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 21 July 2026 This year’s Yale Summer Cabaret team has a vision that goes well beyond what the shows are and how they’re performed and concentrates on how they are received by the widest group of people. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026

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Verb

The film’s final scene condenses a great deal of meaning into a single moment.

— JD Linville, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
As the plume rises, the water vapor cools and condenses into tiny cloud droplets, forming a cloud directly above the fire.

— Yunyao Li, The Conversation, 30 July 2026

Definition of condenses

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Roman said the question will be if the defense focuses on their own psychiatric experts right away, or Clancy's friends and family to humanize her to the jurors.

— Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
One of Thrive’s subsidiaries, Thrive Eternal, focuses on sports acquisitions, purchasing and selling a stake in the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies before acquiring stakes in the Miami Heat and MLB’s San Francisco Giants, among others.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of focuses

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Billing consolidates through OpenRouter rather than a dozen provider accounts.

— Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
The leadership change at the film commission, a unit of foreign trade promotion agency Procomer, comes as new conservative populist president Laura Fernandez, who took office in May, consolidates her administration.

— Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of consolidates

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Solove argued that even with shorter retention periods and internal auditing requirements, the underlying system still collects information on large numbers of people who are not suspected of crimes.

— Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
As the drone flies, its camera collects images of the terrain below.

— Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of collects

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Each gets elaborated across several songs, gathers associations along the way, and finds its ultimate expression in the final two tracks.

— Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026
As the sun starts to drop over Monte Rosa, the group gathers again at the base of the rock.

— Adri Salido, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of gathers

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Following the successful first model, this iteration will feature binned A19 Pro chips, repurposed from iPhone 17 Pro production, which dictates its release timeline as chip stock accumulates.

— Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
The autopsy also found Martinez suffered pulmonary and mild cerebral edema, a potentially deadly condition where excess fluid accumulates in the lungs and brain.

— Perry Vandell, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of accumulates

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Bright colors pop across the entire massive IPS panel, even at different viewing angles, and a zippy 100Hz refresh rate reduces lag and keeps everything on-screen smooth.

— Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026
Swimming also reduces stress as rhythmic breathing and movement trigger the release of brain chemicals such as endorphins and dopamine, which produce a sense of euphoria and well-being.

— Michael McColly, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of reduces

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South Korea surged ahead on the strength of its giant conglomerates like Samsung, which integrates multiple stages of the supply chain.

— John Liu, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
Rheinmetall revealed that the system integrates state-of-the-art sensor technology, network capability and strong resilience to GNSS interference through a high degree of autonomy enable deployment even in demanding operational scenarios.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026