concentration

Noun

Meaning

The act or process of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated; concentration.

The act or process of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation.

The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

density absorption immersion assiduity application focus attention intensity cluster gathering clustering preoccupation compactness centralization diligence
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Antonyms

distribution dilution laxness absence separation withdrawal
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Hypernyms

assembly increase industry property attention gathering

Hyponyms

level study direction focus compression focusing

Phrases with the word

field of concentration erythrocyte concentration sulfuric acid concentration sulphuric acid concentration carbon concentration hydrogen peroxide concentration

Examples

The art of pictorial creation is so complicated - it is so astronomical in its possibilities of relation and combination that it would take an act of super-human concentration to explain the final realization. Hans Hofmann

No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt. Max Beerbohm

The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentration of emotion upon the fixed point of his commitment, which is to say the closer he approaches what in life we call fanaticism. Arthur Miller

I do not believe in God; his existence has been disproved by Science. But in the concentration camp, I learned to believe in men. Jean-Paul Sartre

Many countries persecute their own citizens and intern them in prisons or concentration camps. Oppression is becoming more and more a part of the systems. Alva Myrdal

The Supreme Court of the United States... has validated the Nazi method of execution in... concentration camps, starving them to death! Jack Kevorkian

Close letter words and terms

concentratedly concentratedness concentrating on concentration ability concentration camp concentration cell