different between concentrate vs epitomize

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

• epitomise

Etymology

epitome +? -ize

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??p?t.??ma?z/

Verb

epitomize (third-person singular simple present epitomizes, present participle epitomizing, simple past and past participle epitomized)

1. To make an epitome of; to shorten; to condense.
2. To be an epitome of.
   • 1997, Michael Moortgat, Categorial Type Logics, in Handbook of Logic and Language, ed. J. van Benthem and A. ter Meulen, p. 99

     The framework of Combinatory Categorial Grammar epitomizes the rule-based generalized categorial architecture.

Synonyms

• sum up

Derived terms

• epitomizer
• epitomization
• epitomistic

Translations

Portuguese

Verb

epitomize

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of epitomizar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of epitomizar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of epitomizar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of epitomizar