Meaning

4 senses
  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

    to concentrate the attention

    konzentrieren, sich konzentrieren

    концентри́роватьkoncentrírovatʹ, сконцентри́роватьskoncentrírovatʹ, сосредото́чиватьsosredotóčivatʹ

    концентрува́тиkoncentruváty, сконцентрува́тиskoncentruváty, зосере́джуватиzoserédžuvaty

  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

    to concentrate by washing

    konzentrieren

    концентри́роватьkoncentrírovatʹ, сконцентри́роватьskoncentrírovatʹ

  3. To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.

    Population tends to concentrate in cities.

    sich konzentrieren

    концентри́роватьkoncentrírovatʹ, сконцентри́роватьskoncentrírovatʹ, сосредото́чиватьsosredotóčivatʹ

    draw together or meet in one common center

  4. (intransitive)To focus one's thought or attention (on).

    (oneself)

    Let me concentrate!

    sich konzentrieren

    концентри́роватьсяkoncentrírovatʹsja, сконцентри́роватьсяskoncentrírovatʹsja, сосредото́чиватьсяsosredotóčivatʹsja

    зосереджуватисяzoseredžuvatysja, концентруватисяkoncentruvatysja

    direct one's attention on something

Examples

314 sentences
  1. Turn off the television. I can't concentrate.

    Вимкни телевізор, я не можу зосередитися. — deniko

    ruВыключи телевизор. Я не могу сосредоточиться. — Biga

    deSchalt den Fernseher aus, ich kann mich nicht konzentrieren. — BraveSentry

  2. I concentrated my attention on the subject.

    Я зосередила свою увагу на цій темі. — deniko

    ruЯ сосредоточил своё внимание на этой теме. — marafon

    deIch richtete meine Aufmerksamkeit auf das Thema. — samueldora

  3. He tried to concentrate on the letter.

    Він спробував зосередитись на листі. — ascolto

    ruОн попытался сосредоточиться на письме. — odexed

    deEr versuchte sich auf den Brief zu konzentrieren. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. I need to concentrate.

    Мені потрібно зосередитися. — deniko

    ruМне нужно сосредоточиться. — marafon

  5. I'm concentrating on something.

    Я на чомусь концентруюся. — deniko

    deIch konzentriere mich auf etwas. — Waldelfe

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
bring to, or direct toward, a common center:
focus one's thought or attention:
Русский
By meaning 2
bring to, or direct toward, a common center:
focus one's thought or attention:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
bring to, or direct toward, a common center:

Origin

(early 17th century) From a Romance language, see French concentrer, Italian concentràre,

(early 17th century) From a Romance language, see French concentrer, Italian concentràre, Spanish concentrar; alternatively from Medieval Latin/New Latin concentrō + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare also earlier concentre and German konzentrieren. By surface analysis, con- + center (centr- in compounds) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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Forms

concentrates, concentrating, concentrated, concentrated
Base formconcentrate · to concentrate
3rd person singularconcentrates
Present participleconcentrating
Past simpleconcentrated
Past participleconcentrated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyconcentrate
he, she, itconcentrates

Past simpleLesson

all personsconcentrated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave concentrated
he, she, ithas concentrated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill concentrate

Synonyms

15 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

11 related words

Collocations

10 patterns
  • can't concentrate
  • to concentrate on
  • should concentrate on
  • tried to concentrate
  • having trouble concentrating
  • concentrate on the
  • can't concentrate on
  • to be concentrating
  • be concentrating on
  • trouble concentrating

See also

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