Antonyms for concentrate
ˈkɒn sənˌtreɪtcon·cen·trate

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1. concentrate

   Antonyms:
   disperse, scatter, dismiss, decentralize

   Synonyms:
   assemble, converge, muster, congregate, convene, draw, conglomerate, condense, localize, centralize

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1. dressed ore, concentratenoun

   the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore

   Antonyms:
   deconcentrate, decentralise, decentralize

   Synonyms:
   dressed ore

2. concentratenoun

   a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water

   Antonyms:
   deconcentrate, decentralise, decentralize

   Synonyms:
   dressed ore

3. concentrateverb

   a concentrated example of something

   "the concentrate of contemporary despair"

   Antonyms:
   deconcentrate, decentralise, decentralize

   Synonyms:
   dressed ore

4. concentrateverb

   make denser, stronger, or purer

   "concentrate juice"

   Antonyms:
   decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise

   Synonyms:
   condense, center, rivet, decoct, centre, centralize, contract, boil down, pore, reduce, focus, centralise, digest

5. concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivetverb

   direct one's attention on something

   "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"

   Antonyms:
   deconcentrate, decentralise, decentralize

   Synonyms:
   decoct, center on, concentrate on, focus, sharpen, centralise, focus on, concenter, contract, digest, revolve around, condense, focalise, centre, center, boil down, focalize, revolve about, reduce, rivet, pore, concentre, centralize

6. centralize, centralise, concentrateverb

   make central

   "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food"

   Antonyms:
   decentralise, decentralize, deconcentrate

   Synonyms:
   condense, center, rivet, decoct, centre, centralize, contract, boil down, pore, reduce, focus, centralise, digest

7. digest, condense, concentrateverb

   make more concise

   "condense the contents of a book into a summary"

   Antonyms:
   decentralize, decentralise, deconcentrate

   Synonyms:
   decoct, reduce, condense, put up, stand, suffer, boil down, centralise, abide, support, stomach, digest, distill, brook, centre, center, stick out, tolerate, distil, rivet, contract, focus, endure, pore, bear, centralize

8. concentrateverb

   draw together or meet in one common center

   "These groups concentrate in the inner cities"

   Antonyms:
   decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise

   Synonyms:
   condense, center, rivet, decoct, centre, centralize, contract, boil down, pore, reduce, focus, centralise, digest

9. condense, concentrate, contractverb

   compress or concentrate

   "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"

   Antonyms:
   decentralise, deconcentrate, decentralize

   Synonyms:
   digest, narrow, decoct, pore, get, cut, boil down, foreshorten, centre, rivet, press, center, focus, centralise, take, sign on, sign, sign up, distil, compress, shrink, abridge, reduce, condense, contract, squeeze, compact, undertake, distill, centralize, shorten, abbreviate, constrict

10. boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrateverb

    be cooked until very little liquid is left

    "The sauce should reduce to one cup"

    Antonyms:
    decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise

    Synonyms:
    digest, bring down, decoct, pore, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, cut back, trim down, rivet, thin out, center, focus, centralise, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut down, tighten, subjugate, shrink, abridge, reduce, condense, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, centre, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, slim, thin, come down, centralize, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress

11. reduce, boil down, concentrateverb

    cook until very little liquid is left

    "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"

    Antonyms:
    deconcentrate, decentralize, decentralise

    Synonyms:
    digest, bring down, decoct, pore, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, rivet, slim, center, focus, centralise, cut, trim back, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, abridge, come down, condense, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, centre, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, reduce, centralize, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten

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1. concentrateverb

   Synonyms:
   centralize, focus, consolidate, condense, rectify

How to use concentrate in a sentence?

1. Selina Seah:

   Meet Grace's quite common for our young nurses to get backaches two or three years into the job. Robots can do this dangerous, manual work so that our nurses then can concentrate on providing good clinical care for our patients.

2. Skov Olsen:

   It was so nice to see him standing right in front of you, it's important for us to know Christian is OK so we can concentrate on the rest of the tournament.

3. Mitch McConnell:

   Look, all of this puts the cart before the horse, you need, it seems to me, a lecture to concentrate on what the news is today. Not a leaked draft. But the fact that the draft was leaked.

4. Igo Diarra:

   He's a piece of world heritage. It's not just Bamako, or Mali, or Africa, he was always accessible, always smiling and generous. He told people to always be very honest in their art and not follow what is fashionable, but instead to concentrate on their work and do what they love.

5. Charles Dickens:

   I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time...

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