condense
To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby…To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.
» Tom, if you go shopping, please buy a can of condensed milk.
Meaning
3 senses(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
(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
(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 sentencesTom, if you go shopping, please buy a can of condensed milk.
Don't forget to buy condensed milk.
Time cannot be deciphered in its condensed form.
I like eating avocados with chilled condensed milk.
Do you drink coffee with condensed milk or without?
ruТы пьёшь кофе со сгущёнкой или без?
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
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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, condensedSynonyms
25 synonyms- undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops:distilldistil
- compress or concentrate:concentratecontract
- make more concise:digestconcentrate
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle