concentration

concentration
noun
1 giving all your attention/effort to sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ deep, great, intense
▪ absolute, total
▪

a look of total concentration on her face

▪ good
▪ poor
▪ exclusive
VERB + CONCENTRATION
▪ demand, need, require
▪

The game requires great concentration.

▪ lose
▪ break, disturb
▪

Don's voice from outside broke my concentration.

CONCENTRATION + NOUN
▪ lapse (esp. AmE)
PREPOSITION
▪ concentration on
▪

his concentration on his writing

PHRASES
▪ a lack of concentration
▪ a lapse in concentration, a lapse of concentration
▪

One momentary lapse in concentration could prove fatal.

▪ powers of concentration
▪

She has great powers of concentration for a child her age.

2 large number/amount of sth in one place
ADJECTIVE
▪ elevated, great, heavy, high, large
▪

The greatest concentration of traffic is downtown.

▪ low
▪ varying
▪ calcium, glucose, oxygen, salt, etc.
▪

Evaporation gradually increases the salt concentration of the water.

▪ geographical
VERB + CONCENTRATION
▪ increase
▪ decrease, reduce
▪ calculate, determine, estimate
CONCENTRATION + VERB
▪ increase, rise
▪

The concentration of nitrates in the drinking water has risen in recent years.

▪ decrease, fall

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