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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Relevance

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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 Extreme Weather Survivors concentrates on issues such as federal aid, debris clean-up and insurance reform. — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 28 Oct. 2026 Roast halves cut side down rather than boiling them, since roasting concentrates the sugars and cuts moisture. — Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026 Violent crime concentrates in poor neighborhoods, and largely because of our history, Black Americans are far more likely than white Americans to live in them. — Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026 But the power this concentrates in the hands of one corporation and person – SpaceX and Musk – has raised alarm bells. — Gerard Toal, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026 Pre-cooking the apple pie filling concentrates its flavor and infuses it with cinnamon and nutmeg, while pecans add crunch. — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2026 However, drying grapes into raisins removes most of their water and concentrates their sugar and carbohydrates. — Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 13 Oct. 2026 But the latest release — though unlikely to materially affect the results of the upcoming election — once again concentrates attention on Tinubu’s time in the US. — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026 Just as a still concentrates a large batch of weak liquid into a smaller batch of strong stuff, AI distillation condenses a big model into a smaller one that, ideally, acts like the original. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026

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Determined and relentless, Hester, as incarnated by Johansson, dominates the action and steals the film with a decisive form of passive aggression—one that Gray condenses into a breathtakingly rapid, boldly symbolic special effect.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026
Paraphrasing generally restates the original information in different language while retaining the key ideas, whereas summarizing condenses the information into a shorter version.

— Ethan Stone, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of condenses

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The company’s in-house Cava Command Center also consolidates restaurant performance data, replacing separate systems and spreadsheets.

— Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026
Multigenerational operations close, farmland consolidates into industrial operations or converts to nonagricultural use, rural communities destabilize and food system resilience declines.

— Jeff Tkach, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of consolidates

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Nuyarn said the open-net structure allows moisture vapor to escape before sweat collects against the skin.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 12 Nov. 2026
Introduced in 2021, ADS collects and summarizes medical evidence from veterans' service and treatment records.

— Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of collects

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Detritus accumulates like a wake behind a songwriter because songwriters are loath to continue to try to promote a piece of material that has any disappointment attached to it.

— Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
Domoic acid accumulates in marine creatures from an algae called pseudo-nitzschia.

— Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of accumulates

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This reduces the computing work required to serve identical repository data repeatedly.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
The iron in lentils can help maintain healthy energy levels by being a component of hemoglobin in red blood cells, which delivers oxygen throughout the body and reduces fatigue.

— Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of reduces

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The series deliberately integrates high-production field reporting with his foundational background in visual explanation.

— Devin Robertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026
Silicon photonics Silicon photonics integrates optical components onto semiconductor platforms to transmit information using light.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026