different between perseverate vs concentrate

English

Etymology

Back-formation from perseveration.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p???s?v??e?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p??s?v???e?t/

Verb

perseverate (third-person singular simple present perseverates, present participle perseverating, simple past and past participle perseverated)

1. (instransitive, chiefly psychology) To persist in doing something; to continue to repeat an action after the original stimulus has ended.
   • 2013, A Scott Berg, Wilson, Berkley 2014, p. 84:

     After perseverating for several more months, Woodrow Wilson accepted the offer.

2. (transitive, psychology) To cause the perseveration of (a given reflex or response).

Synonyms

• obsesses (excess attention or obsession)
• keep on (to repeat)
• harp (to repeat; verb)

Derived terms

• perseveration
• perseveratory

Translations

Italian

Verb

perseverate

1. second-person plural present indicative of perseverare
2. second-person plural imperative of perseverare
3. feminine plural of perseverato

Latin

Verb

persev?r?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of persev?r?

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.