Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.

    An abridged dictionary can be further condensed to pocket size.

    Boiling off water condenses a thin sauce into a soupier mixture.

    kondensieren, verkleinern

    сгуща́тьsguščátʹ, сгусти́тьsgustítʹ

    конденсува́тиkondensuváty, згу́щуватиzhúščuvaty, згуща́тиzhuščáty

  2. (transitive)To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.

    kondensieren

    конденси́роватьkondensírovatʹ

    конденсува́тиkondensuváty

    undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops

  3. (intransitive)To be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state.

    Water condenses on the window on cold days because of the warm air inside.

    kondensieren

    конденси́роватьсяkondensírovatʹsja

    конденсува́тисяkondensuvátysja

    cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid

Examples

19 sentences
  1. Tom, if you go shopping, please buy a can of condensed milk.

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  2. Don't forget to buy condensed milk.

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  3. Time cannot be deciphered in its condensed form.

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  4. I like eating avocados with chilled condensed milk.

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  5. Do you drink coffee with condensed milk or without?

    ruТы пьёшь кофе со сгущёнкой или без?

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to concentrate toward the essence:
to be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state:
Русский
By meaning 3
to concentrate toward the essence:
to transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state:
to be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to concentrate toward the essence:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French condenser, from Latin condēnsō.

Borrowed from Middle French condenser, from Latin condēnsō.

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Forms

condenses, condensing, condensed, condensed
Base formcondense · to condense
3rd person singularcondenses
Present participlecondensing
Past simplecondensed
Past participlecondensed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycondense
he, she, itcondenses

Past simpleLesson

all personscondensed

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill condense

Synonyms

25 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

14 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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