Concentrate
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- (FIGURATIVE) រម្ងាស់ឲ្យខាប់ concentrate one's efforts ប្រមូល (ទៅចំពោះតែអ្វីមួយ) / concentrate a solution ធ្វើឱ្យខ្លាំងឬខាប់
verb — past tense: concentrated ; past participle: concentrated ; present participle: concentrating ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) ~ (something) (on something doing something) (to employ all one's thought, to make less dilute, to focus one's thoughts, efforts, etc) ប្រមូល, ទប់
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- (បច្ចេកទេស) ផ្តោតលើ, ផ្តុំគ្នា
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- (INTRANSITIVE) ~ (something) (on something doing something) (to fix one's attention) can't concentrate ជញ្ជឹងគិតខ្លាំង, ប្រឹងស្មារតី solutions concentrate ឡើងខ្លាំងឬខាប់
ENGLISH MEANING
verb — past tense: concentrated ; past participle: concentrated ; present participle: concentrating ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of light into a focus; to concentrate the attention.
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- (TRANSITIVE) 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; as, to concentrate acid by evaporation; to concentrate by washing; -- opposed to dilute.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities.