Concentrate - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

idiom

Bring into operation or effect

verb

Concentrate (control of an activity or organization) under a single authority.

Примеры использования:

One of his first actions was to centralize control of the company's operations

verb

To remove authority in a system, company, country, etc. from local places to one central place so that the whole system, etc. is under central control

Примеры использования:

Payment of bills is now centralized (= organized at one place instead of several).

noun

The point that is equally distant from every point on the circumference of a circle or sphere.

Примеры использования:

She was so angered by this thought that she had changed forms and was halfway to the center of the …

verb

Occur mainly in or around (a specified place).

Примеры использования:

The textile industry was centred in lancashire and yorkshire

proper noun

A region of central france, including the cities of orleans, tours, and chartres.

verb

Flatten by pressure; squeeze or press.

Примеры использования:

The skirt can be folded and compressed into a relatively small bag

noun

A pad of lint or other absorbent material pressed on to part of the body to relieve inflammation or stop bleeding.

Примеры использования:

A cold compress

verb

To press something into a smaller space

Примеры использования:

Snow in the crater compresses into a fastest-growing glacier., firmly compress the dirt in the pot …

verb

Make (something) denser or more concentrated.

Примеры использования:

The morning play on saturday was condensed into a half-hour package

verb

To reduce something, such as a speech or piece of writing, in length

Примеры использования:

I condensed ten pages of comments into/to two.

verb

To make a liquid thicker by removing some of the water

noun

A concentrated liquor resulting from heating or boiling a substance, especially a medicinal preparation made from a plant.

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A decoction of a root

noun

A liquid made by boiling something such a plant in water

noun

Strong coffee or tea before milk or sugar are added

phrasal verb

To give your time or effort completely to something you believe in or to a person, or to use a particular amount of time or energy doing something

Примеры использования:

He devoted his life to serving his family, friends, and neighbors., over half his speech was devote…

adjective

Extending or moving from one place to another without changing direction or stopping.

Примеры использования:

There was no direct flight that day

adverb

With no one or nothing in between.

Примеры использования:

They seem reluctant to deal with me direct

verb

Control the operations of; manage or govern.

Примеры использования:

An economic elite directed the nation's affairs

verb

Purify (a liquid) by heating it so that it vaporizes, then cooling and condensing the vapour and collecting the resulting liquid.

Примеры использования:

They managed to distil a small quantity of water

verb

To make a liquid stronger or purer by heating it until it changes to a gas and then cooling it so that it changes back into a liquid

Примеры использования:

Some strong alcoholic drinks such as whisky are made by distilling., over 80 hours of footage have …

verb

To get or show only the most important part of something

Примеры использования:

Be distilled into over 80 hours of footage have been distilled into these 40 minutes.

noun

The action of purifying a liquid by a process of heating and cooling.

Примеры использования:

The petroleum distillation process

noun

The process of heating a liquid until it becomes a gas, then making it liquid again by cooling

noun

The process of making a liquid stronger or purer by heating it until it changes to a gas and then cooling it so that it changes back into a liquid, or a liquid made by this process

Примеры использования:

Usually the liquid is extracted by distillation., the oil is a mixture of hydrocarbons that can be …

noun

A magical or medicinal potion.

Примеры использования:

An elixir guaranteed to induce love

noun

A substance believed to cure all ills

noun

A substance, usually a liquid, with a magical power to cure, improve, or preserve something

Примеры использования:

Elixir of life/youth it's yet another health product claiming to be the elixir of life/youth (= som…

noun

The intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, especially something abstract, which determines its character.

Примеры использования:

Conflict is the essence of drama

noun

The basic meaning or importance of something

Примеры использования:

The essence of punk was a revolt against both the sound and the system of popular music., in essenc…

noun

The basic or most important idea or quality of something

Примеры использования:

The essence of his argument was that education should continue throughout life., yet change is the …

verb

Remove or take out, especially by effort or force.

Примеры использования:

The fossils are extracted from the chalk

noun

A short passage taken from a text, film, or piece of music.

Примеры использования:

An extract from a historical film

verb

Remove, usually with some force or effort

noun

The centre of interest or activity.

Примеры использования:

This generation has made the environment a focus of attention

verb

Adapt to the prevailing level of light and become able to see clearly.

Примеры использования:

Try to focus on a stationary object

noun

The main object or interest, or the attention given something

Примеры использования:

The focus of attention has shifted from the economy to improving the public schools., state officia…

phrasal verb

Center upon

phrasal verb

To give a lot of attention to one particular person, subject, or thing

Примеры использования:

Tonight's programme focuses on the way that homelessness affects the young., focus your attention o…

phrasal verb

To aim for and move directly toward something or someone

Примеры использования:

The missile homed in on the ship.

phrase

To watch, listen to, or think about something or someone carefully or with interest

Примеры использования:

If you don't pay attention now, you'll get it all wrong later., don't pay any attention to nina - s…

noun

The most perfect or typical example of a quality or class.

Примеры использования:

He was the quintessence of political professionalism

noun

The most typical example

Примеры использования:

An american football game is the quintessence of machismo.

verb

Make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.

Примеры использования:

The need for businesses to reduce costs

verb

Make smaller

verb

To make something less in size, amount, degree, importance, or price

Примеры использования:

A low-fat diet can reduce the risk of heart disease., grunn employs 17,900 people, but that number …

verb

Make or become stronger.

Примеры использования:

He advises an application of fluoride to strengthen the teeth

verb

To become more effective, or to make something more effective

Примеры использования:

[ t ] somehow his illness strengthened their marriage and brought them closer together., [ t ] pare…

verb

To make something more effective or powerful

Примеры использования:

A discussion paper aiming to strengthen the eu's competition regime has been circulated amongst com…

verb

Make or become thick or thicker.

Примеры использования:

Thicken the sauce with flour

verb

To cause to become thicker

Примеры использования:

Thicken the gravy with a little flour.

noun

A medicine made by dissolving a drug in alcohol.

Примеры использования:

The remedies can be administered in form of tinctures

verb

Be tinged or imbued with a slight amount of.

Примеры использования:

Arthur's affability was tinctured with faint sarcasm

noun

A medicine that consists of a mixture of alcohol and a small amount of a drug

Примеры использования:

A/some tincture of iodine/myrrh

phrasal verb

To direct all your attention to one thing

Примеры использования:

We’ve zeroed in on the real problem – we don’t save enough money., computers help the pilots to zer…

phrasal verb

To direct all your attention towards a particular person or thing

Примеры использования:

We must decide on our target market and zero in on it., social media allows you to zero in on consu…