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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concentrate/#m1)

2) To bring or gather many things or people into one place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concentrate/#m2)

3) To make a liquid stronger by removing water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concentrate/#m3)

4) Concentrate (noun): a strong form of a liquid that you add water to before using, like juice concentrate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concentrate/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concentrate/#x1)
- I can't concentrate when the TV is on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concentrate/#x2)
- Close your eyes and concentrate on your breathing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concentrate/#x3)
- Most people in the country are concentrated in the big cities. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concentrate/#x4)
- Mix one cup of orange concentrate with three cups of water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concentrate/#x5)
- Concentrate when you cross the road and put your phone away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concentrate/#x6)
- Salty sea water becomes more concentrated as it evaporates. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concentrate/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/22-sore-backs-glasses-and-feeling-low/18/)
- [Not eating enough to change how you look can make you ill, tired and unable to concentrate.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/88-liking-how-you-look/15/)
- [Too much screen time, especially late at night, makes it harder to sleep and concentrate.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/103-screens-fairness-and-differences/19/)
- [You eat at least something simple before school, because the brain needs food to concentrate.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/7/)
- [Children who skip breakfast find it harder to concentrate and can feel faint by mid-morning.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/21/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «concentrate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concentrate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.