<B>concelebrate, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb, <B>-brated,</B> <B>-brating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to celebrate (Mass) together in the Roman Catholic Church. <BR> <I>Ex. The new cardinals had concelebrated Mass in Latin with the Pope at the Basilica's main altar (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> noun <B>concelebration.</B> </DL>
<B>concenter, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to bring or draw to a common center; concentrate; center; focus. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to meet in a common center; converge to a common center; concentrate. Also, (especially British,) <B>concentre.</B> </DL>
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<B>concentrate, </B>verb, <B>-trated,</B> <B>-trating,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to bring together in one place. <BR> <I>Ex. A magnifying glass can concentrate enough sunlight to scorch paper. Our fire chief concentrated his men on the roof to fight the blaze.</I> (SYN) gather, collect, assemble, focus. <DD><B> 2. </B>to make stronger. An acid solution is concentrated when it has very much acid in it. (SYN) intensify. <DD><B> 3. </B>to remove rock, sand, etc., from (metal or ore). <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to come together in one place. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to pay close attention; focus the mind (on or upon). <BR> <I>Ex. He concentrated on his reading so that he would understand the story. He concentrated upon one aspect of the problem to the exclusion of all others.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> something that has been concentrated. <BR> <I>Ex. Lemon juice with the water removed is a concentrate.</I> noun <B>concentrator.</B> </DL>
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<B>concentrated, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>brought together in one place. <DD><B> 2. </B>(of liquids and solutions) made strong or stronger, especially by removing water. <BR> <I>Ex. concentrated orange juice.</I> adv. <B>concentratedly.</B> noun <B>concentratedness.</B> </DL>
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<B>concentration, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a concentrating or being concentrated. <BR> <I>Ex. a concentration of effort, the concentration of ore.</I> (SYN) collection, gathering. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) close attention. <BR> <I>Ex. When he gave the problem his full concentration, he figured out the answer.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the strength of a solution. <BR> <I>Ex. The acid solution was of weak concentration because so much water had been added.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a concentrated collection or mass. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Military.) <DD><B> a. </B>a grouping or assemblage of forces in a small area. <DD><B> b. </B>theamount of artillery fire directed at a particular target for a limited time. </DL>
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<B>concentration camp,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a camp where political enemies, prisoners of war, and interned foreigners are held. </DL>
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<B>concentration cell,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Electronics.) a cell whose difference of potential is due to the difference of concentration of the solutions in which the electrodes are immersed. </DL>
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<B>concentrative, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> tending to concentrate; concentrating. noun <B>concentrativeness.</B> </DL>
<B>concentric, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having the same center. <BR> <I>Ex. concentric circles.</I> adv. <B>concentrically.</B> </DL>
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<B>concentrical, </B>adjective. =concentric.</DL>
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<B>concentricity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or state of being concentric. </DL>
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<B>concept, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a general notion or idea; thought. "Triangle," "animal," and "motion" are concepts. <BR> <I>Ex. Einstein said he had always believed that the invention of scientific concepts and the building of theories upon them was one of the great creative properties of the human mind (Scientific American).</I> (SYN) conception, construct. </DL>
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<B>conceptacle, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) a cavity producing or enclosing reproductive cells in certain thallophytes. </DL>
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<B>conception, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a thought; notion; idea. <BR> <I>Ex. His conception of the problem was different from mine. A single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible (Graham Greene).</I> (SYN) impression. <DD><B> 2a. </B>the act of forming an idea or thought. <BR> <I>Ex. A scientist has great powers of conception.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>the state of being conceived. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Philosophy.) a general notion; concept. <DD><B> 4. </B>a design; plan. <DD><B> 5a. </B>the action or process of conceiving in the womb; a becoming pregnant. <BR> <I>Ex. When egg and sperm unite at conception, or fertilization, the fertilized egg contains the full number of chromosomes--twenty-three pairs in the human body (Sidonie M. Gruenberg).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>the fact of being conceived. <DD><B> c. </B>the thing conceived; embryo; fetus. </DL>
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<B>conceptional, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or of the nature of a conception or idea. </DL>
<B>conceptual, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with concepts or general ideas. <BR> <I>Ex. Conceptual foresight--the ability to anticipate needs or consequences in a given problem situation (Science News Letter).</I> adv. <B>conceptually.</B> </DL>
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<B>conceptual art,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> art intended to reflect an idea or concept in the artist's mind during the process of creation; process art. <BR> <I>Ex. Kynaston McShine put on a major show of conceptual art at the Museum of Modern Art (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<B>conceptualism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Philosophy.) <DD><B> 1. </B>the doctrine that universals exist, but only in the mind. <DD><B> 2. </B>the doctrine that the mind can fully form an idea of general and abstract terms such as <I>plant, horse,</I> or <I>blue.</I> </DL>
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<B>conceptualist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an adherent of either of the doctrines of conceptualism. <DD><B> 2. </B>an artist who creates works of conceptual art. </DL>
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<B>conceptualistic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or of the nature of conceptualism. </DL>
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<B>conceptualization, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the process of conceptualizing. <BR> <I>Ex. With the conceptualization of the unknown into deities and forces, men came to emphasize the unknown as a power and endeavored to placate it (Ogburn and Nimkoff).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=concept.</B> </DL>
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<B>conceptualize, </B>verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to make or form a concept or concepts of. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to form concepts or ideas. <BR> <I>Ex. The other animals cannot, however, conceptualize to the extent of predicting and altering nature (Saturday Review).</I> </DL>
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<B>conceptus, </B>noun, pl. <B>-tuses,</B> <B>-ti.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the embryo and surrounding tissue that forms directly after fertilization in highly developed animals. </DL>
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<B>concern, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to have to do with; belong to; interest. <BR> <I>Ex. The letter is private and concerns nobody but me.</I> (SYN) affect, touch. <DD><B> 2. </B>to make anxious or uneasy; cause to worry; trouble. <BR> <I>Ex. Her failing health concerns us very much. The doves settled down on their perch [on] a very cold day, and she was concerned for them (William Maxwell).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to engage; involve. <BR> <I>Ex. Helping to maintain world peace concerns the United Nations.</I> (SYN) interest. <DD><I>v.i. </I> (Obsolete.) to be of importance. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>anything that touches or has to do with one's work or one's interest. <BR> <I>Ex. The party decorations are my concern; you pay attention to refreshments.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a troubled state of mind; worry; anxiety; uneasiness. <BR> <I>Ex. The mother's concern over her sick child kept her awake all night.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a business company; firm. <BR> <I>Ex. We wrote to two big concerns for their catalogs. The business had been a family concern for more than a century.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>relation; reference. <BR> <I>Ex. Children have little concern with politics.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Informal.) a material thing of little importance and difficult to describe exactly; contrivance. <BR> <I>Ex. The hackney-coach ... a great, lumbering square concern (Dickens).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>as concerns,</B> </I>with reference to; about. <BR> <I>Ex. As concerns the new traffic rule, we intend to comply with it fully from now on.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>concern oneself,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>to take an interest (in); be busy. </I> <I>Ex. Parents cannot help concerning themselves in school affairs.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to be troubled or worried (about); be anxious or uneasy. <BR> <I>Ex. The doctor concerned himself about the health of his aging patient.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>of concern,</B> </I>of importance; of interest; of important relation. <BR> <I>Ex. Everything we do in life is of concern to our family.</I> </DL>
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<B>concerned, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>troubled; worried; anxious. <BR> <I>Ex. He spoke with a grave, concerned look on his face.</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>involved, interested, or affected. <BR> <I>Ex. All the concerned parties were invited to the reading of the will.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>showing concern or interest in public affairs. <BR> <I>Ex. concerned citizens, a concerned politician. ... our idealistic, concerned youth (Time).</I> adv. <B>concernedly.</B> </DL>
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<B>concerning, </B>preposition.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with; about; regarding; relating to. <BR> <I>Ex. The policeman asked many questions concerning the accident. He will make no inquiries concerning you (Maria Edgeworth).</I> (SYN) respecting. </DL>
