concentrate

«concentrate» in Mova's school dictionary: To give all your attention and thinking to one thing… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (concentrate, concentrates, concentrated, concentrating); noun (concentrate — a strong liquid, uncountable, e.g. orange concentrate); adjective: concentrated

meaning for a pupil

1) To give all your attention and thinking to one thing (concentrate on your work). tree →

2) To bring or gather many things or people into one place. tree →

3) To make a liquid stronger by removing water. tree →

4) Concentrate (noun): a strong form of a liquid that you add water to before using, like juice concentrate. tree →

sense in the lessons

At school it is used all the time: «Concentrate on your reading», «I can't concentrate with this noise». In health lessons, sleep, food, water and exercise help you concentrate. In science, a concentrated solution has a lot of dissolved substance in little water; a dilute one has more water. In safety: concentrate when crossing the road — no phone. Phrases: concentrate on, concentrate hard, lose concentration, concentrated juice.

examples

• Please concentrate on your maths for ten minutes. tree →
• I can't concentrate when the TV is on. tree →
• Close your eyes and concentrate on your breathing. tree →
• Most people in the country are concentrated in the big cities. tree →
• Mix one cup of orange concentrate with three cups of water. tree →
• Concentrate when you cross the road and put your phone away. tree →
• Salty sea water becomes more concentrated as it evaporates. tree →

note

Stress: CON-cen-trate. Noun of the action: concentration (I lost my concentration). «Concentrate on», not «concentrate at». In science, «concentrated» is the opposite of «dilute» (watered down).

In the corpora

• Burnout is exhaustion from too much stress for too long, usually from work; the person feels drained and cannot concentrate.
• Not eating enough to change how you look can make you ill, tired and unable to concentrate.
• Too much screen time, especially late at night, makes it harder to sleep and concentrate.
• You eat at least something simple before school, because the brain needs food to concentrate.
• Children who skip breakfast find it harder to concentrate and can feel faint by mid-morning.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «concentrate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.