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CONCENTRE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions
Synonyms:
concenter; concentre; focalise; focalize; focus
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "concentre" is one way to...):
adjust; align; aline; line up (place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "concentre"):
refocus (focus anew)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Domain region:
Britain (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)