Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
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concenter .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive, rare To come together at a common
centre . - verb transitive, rare To bring together at a common
centre . - verb transitive, rare To
condense , toconcentrate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions
Etymologies
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Examples
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A elle seule, cette ville de quelques milliers d'habitants concentre tous les maux d'un peuple: pauvreté, chômage, pollution, sous-développement économique, manque d'équipements et d'infrastructures, répression policière.
Global Voices in English » Tunisia: Severe Flooding Kills 15 2009
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The 'lait concentre' worked fine -- although I'm sure yours with creme fraiche was rich and gorgeous.
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Sweetened condensed milk (or Eagle milk, if you are my grandmother) is "lait concentre sucre"
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By the way, ladies (and guys wandering through the kitchen!) -- en France, evaporated milk is "lait concentre, non sucre".
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Sweetened condensed milk or Eagle milk, if you are my grandmother is "lait concentre sucre"
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In the ruin of the family, all hopes concentre in him.
Henrik Ibsen 2008
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In the ruin of the family, all hopes concentre in him.
Henrik Ibsen 2008
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The 'lait concentre' worked fine -- although I'm sure yours with creme fraiche was rich and gorgeous.
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Whatever turns the soul inward on itself, tends to concentre its forces, and to fit it for greater and stronger flights of science.
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Bon a dire vrai je n'ai jamais eu de truc vraiment grave alors la je me retrouve avec un truc qui quand meme m'empeche de respirer alors forcement des que l'occasion fait que j'entends ma respiration, je me concentre dessus, je prends conscience que je respire mal, j'angoisse, j'etouffe et hop crise de panique!
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2007
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