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# concentration

«concentration» in Mova's school dictionary: **Giving all your attention to one thing: the puzzle needs…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (concentration, concentrations)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Giving all your attention to one thing: the puzzle needs concentration. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concentration/#m1)

2) (science) The amount of a substance in a liquid or mixture: a high concentration of salt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concentration/#m2)

3) A large number of people or things in one place: a concentration of shops in the town centre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concentration/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school, concentration helps learning; teachers say "lose concentration" or "break your concentration". In science, a stronger solution has a higher concentration (more sugar per cup of water). In history, concentration camps were terrible prisons. Phrases: lose concentration, full concentration, high concentration, concentration span.

### examples

- Chess needs a lot of concentration. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concentration/#x1)
- The noise broke my concentration. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concentration/#x2)
- Sea water has a higher concentration of salt than river water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concentration/#x3)
- Adding more water lowers the concentration of the squash. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concentration/#x4)
- There is a concentration of cafés near the station. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concentration/#x5)
- Her concentration lasted for the whole test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concentration/#x6)
- 20 g of sugar in 100 ml is a higher concentration than 20 g in 200 ml. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/concentration/#x7)

### note

Uncountable for attention; countable in science (different concentrations). Verb: concentrate. In maths and science, concentration = amount of substance / amount of liquid, so more liquid means a weaker mix.

### In the corpora

- [Even mild dehydration can cause headaches, tiredness and poor concentration, and you can be dehydrated before you feel thirsty.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/23-sunshine-vitamin-d-and-water/9/)
- [Activity makes the heart, lungs, muscles and bones stronger, and helps sleep, mood and concentration.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/34-exercise-and-posture/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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