concentration

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The time named for the concentration was the middle of January, so that the army might reach Vera Cruz by February 1st.

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  1. noun The act or process of concentrating, especially the fixing of close, undivided attention.
  2. noun The condition of being concentrated.
  3. noun Something that has been concentrated.
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  • Figuring her concentration was already broken, Jackie walked over to her exercise mat and debated whether to do a brisk ten-minute aerobics workout or just stretch out a bit with a few minutes of yoga. —  Cleary, Melissa - Dog Mystery 04 - Skull and Dog Bones
  • You love diversion, and live in it, and your desire of self-concentration is therefore temporary. —  Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 2
  • Yet this concentration was his answer—and he did not know it M ARSDEN was duty navigator and Vail stood guard in the engine room when Kinrade went to lunch. —  Galaxy October, 1952
  • The selection worked well enough; at first the magic they encountered was largely innocuous, as if the concentration were all at the beach. —  A Spell for Chameleon
  • Romani prisoners in German concentration camps such as Auschwitz were made to wear an inverted brown triangle on their prison uniforms to distinguish them from other inmates.
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  1. = F. concentration = Spanish concentracion = Portuguese concentração = Italian concentrazione, from Latin as if *concentratio(n-), from concentrare, concentrate: see concentrate.
 

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