Concentrate

Definition

concentrate /'kɒnsntreÇt/ v ၁။ (က) ~ (sth) (on sth/doing sth) အာ႐ံုစိုက္သည္။ I can't concentrate (on my work) with all that noise going on. ❍ We must concentrate our efforts on improving education. ❍ Painting concentrates the/one's mind wonderfully. (ခ) ~ on sth ေဇာက္ ခ်လုပ္သည္။ Having failed my French exams, I decided to concentrate on science subjects. ❍ a firm which concentrates on the European market. ၂။ (တစ္ေနရာ တည္းတြင္) စုစည္းသည္၊ စုစည္းထားသည္။ Troops are concentrating south of the river. ❍ The government's plan is to concentrate new industries in areas of high unemployment. ❍ Power is largely concentrated in the hands of the ruling classes. ၃။ ( techn ) အႏွစ္က်ေအာင္ က်ဳိသည္။ n [C, U] သတၱဳ႐ိုင္းသန္႔။ အဆီအႏွစ္။ an orange concentrate which you dilute with water ❍ copper in concentrate. ❏ concentrated adj ၁။ စူးစိုက္ေသာ။ concentrated study/effort ❍ concentrated fire (ie the firing of guns all aimed at one point). ၂။ ျပင္းေသာ။ ပ်စ္ေသာ။ အဆီ အႏွစ္ျဖစ္ေသာ။ a concentrated solution ❍ concentrated fruit juice.

Examples

1. I was sleeping badly and finding it hard to concentrate.
2. [concentrate on] : Stop talking and concentrate on your work.
3. [concentrate on] : Luke wants to concentrate on his film career.
4. [concentrate your efforts/attention on something] : You should concentrate your efforts on passing these exams.
5. The violence was concentrated mostly in the north.
6. The population is concentrated along the river banks.