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# condense

«condense» in Mova's school dictionary: **for a gas to turn into a liquid when it cools, as steam…** — 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 (condense, condenses, condensed, condensing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To condense is for a gas to turn into a liquid when it cools, as steam turns into water drops. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condense/#m1)

2) To condense something is to make it thicker by removing water, like condensed milk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condense/#m2)

3) To condense a piece of writing is to make it shorter while keeping the main ideas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condense/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science and the water cycle: water evaporates from seas and lakes, the water vapour rises, cools and condenses into tiny drops that make clouds, which then fall as rain (precipitation). Condensation is why a cold glass gets wet on the outside, a bathroom mirror steams up, and your breath makes mist on a cold day. In English, condensing notes means summarising. Phrases: «condense into», «condensed milk», «condense on».

### examples

- Water vapour condenses into droplets on a cold window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condense/#x1)
- Clouds form when water vapour condenses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condense/#x2)
- Steam from the shower condenses on the mirror. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condense/#x3)
- Evaporate, condense, precipitate — that's the water cycle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condense/#x4)
- Your breath condenses into a mist on a frosty morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condense/#x5)
- The drink can was cold, so water condensed on the outside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condense/#x6)
- Condense your notes into five key points. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condense/#x7)
- Condensed milk is thick and sweet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condense/#x8)
- I have considerably condensed and modified the somewhat Babu English of the original. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condense/#x9)

### note

Regular verb: condensed. Noun: condensation. Condensing is the opposite of evaporating. Myth: the water on a cold glass does not leak through the glass; it comes from the air.

### In the corpora

- [You see your breath on a frosty morning because the warm vapour in it condenses into tiny droplets in the cold air.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/5-melting-freezing-boiling-condensing/9/)
- [A cold can gets wet on the outside because water vapour from the air condenses on it; it is not leaking.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/36-olympiad-kitchen-chemistry-puzzles/13/)
- [A cold can gets wet outside because water vapour in the air condenses into droplets on the cold metal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/24-melting-freezing-and-boiling/7/)
- [Dew forms when water vapour in the air condenses on cool grass at night.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/13-evaporation-condensation/12/)
- [Air cools as it rises, so water vapour condenses high up into clouds.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/14-the-water-cycle/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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