concentrate

concentrate
concentrate [{{t}}'kɒnsəntreɪt]
1 intransitive verb
(a) (pay attention) se concentrer, concentrer ou fixer son attention;
∎ I can't concentrate with all that noise tout ce bruit m'empêche de me concentrer;
∎ to concentrate on sth se concentrer sur qch;
∎ concentrate on your work! appliquez-vous à votre travail!
(b) (focus)
∎ the government should concentrate on improving the economy le gouvernement devrait s'attacher à améliorer la situation économique;
∎ just concentrate on getting the suitcases ready! occupe-toi seulement des valises!;
∎ the speaker concentrated on the Luddite movement le conférencier a surtout traité du luddisme
(c) (gather) se concentrer, converger;
∎ the population tends to concentrate in cities la population tend à se concentrer dans les villes;
∎ the crowd concentrated in the square la foule s'est rassemblée sur la place
2 transitive verb
(a) (focus) concentrer;
∎ to concentrate one's attention on sth concentrer son attention sur qch;
∎ it concentrates the mind cela aide à se concentrer;
∎ our hopes are concentrated on her success tous nos espoirs sont concentrés sur son succès
(b) (bring together) concentrer, rassembler; {{}}Chemistry{{}} concentrer;
∎ Conservative support is concentrated in the South le soutien du parti conservateur est concentré dans le Sud
3 noun
(of tomatoes, fruit juice etc) concentré m; (mineral) minerai m concentré;
∎ made from concentrate (fruit juice) fait à base de concentré

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