different between concentrate vs decentralise

English

Etymology

From French concentrer.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?n.s?n.t?e?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?n.s?n.t?e?t/

Verb

concentrate (third-person singular simple present concentrates, present participle concentrating, simple past and past participle concentrated)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.

   to concentrate rays of light into a focus

   to concentrate the attention

2. To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense.

   Antonym: dilute

   to concentrate acid by evaporation

   to concentrate by washing

3. To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.

   Population tends to concentrate in cities.
4. (intransitive) To focus one's thought or attention (on).

Derived terms

• concentrated

Translations

Noun

concentrate (plural concentrates)

1. A substance that is in a condensed form.

Translations

Anagrams

• concertante

Italian

Adjective

concentrate f pl

1. feminine plural of concentrato

Verb

concentrate

1. second-person plural present of concentrare
2. second-person plural imperative of concentrare
3. feminine plural past participle of concentrare

Anagrams

• concertante, concretante

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kon?en?t?ate/, [kõn?.??n??t??a.t?e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /konsen?t?ate/, [kõn.s?n??t??a.t?e]

Verb

concentrate

1. Compound of the informal second-person singular (voseo) affirmative imperative form of concentrar, concentrá and the pronoun te.

English

Alternative forms

• decentralize (US)

Etymology

de- +? centralise

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /di??s?nt??la?z/

Verb

decentralise (third-person singular simple present decentralises, present participle decentralising, simple past and past participle decentralised)

1. (British spelling) To cause something to change from being concentrated at one point to being distributed across a number of points.
2. To reduce the authority of a governing body by distributing that authority among several bodies.

Derived terms

• decentralisation

Anagrams

• deinterlaces