Definition of Concentrate

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Concentrate

To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of light into a focus; to concentrate the attention.

To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense; as, to concentrate acid by evaporation; to concentrate by washing; -- opposed to dilute.

To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities.

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Concentrate Quotations

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
Buddha

One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.
Tony Robbins

We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.
Napoleon Hill

It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.
Soren Kierkegaard

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.
Oprah Winfrey

What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives.
Oprah Winfrey

You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.
George W. Bush

The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.
Lee Iacocca

Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.
Andrew Carnegie

Concentrate Translations

concentrate in French is concentrons, concentrent, concentrez, concentrer
concentrate in German is konzentrieren, Konzentrat, anreichern
concentrate in Spanish is concentrar
concentrate in Swedish is anrika, koncentrera

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