Meaning

• 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 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.

  "to concentrate acid by evaporation"

• To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.

  "Population tends to concentrate in cities."

• To focus one's thought or attention (on).

  "Let me concentrate!"

Meaning

• Not dilute; having a high concentration.

  "We made a drink from concentrated orange juice."

• Intense; directed towards a specific location.

  "The concentrated fire from the enemy destroyed our fortifications."