condense
Americanverb (used with object)
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to make more dense or compact; reduce the volume or extent of; concentrate.
- Synonyms:
- consolidate, compress
- Antonyms:
- expand
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to reduce to a shorter form; abridge.
Condense your answer into a few words.
- Synonyms:
- abbreviate, abstract, epitomize, digest
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to reduce to another and denser form, as a gas or vapor to a liquid or solid state.
verb (used without object)
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to become denser or more compact or concentrated.
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to reduce a book, speech, statement, or the like, to a shorter form.
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to become liquid or solid, as a gas or vapor.
The steam condensed into droplets.
verb
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(tr) to increase the density of; compress
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to reduce or be reduced in volume or size; make or become more compact
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to change or cause to change from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state
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chem to undergo or cause to undergo condensation
Related Words
See contract.
Other Word Forms
- condensability noun
- condensable adjective
- overcondense verb
- precondense verb
- recondense verb
- uncondensing adjective
Etymology
Origin of condense
First recorded in 1475–85; from Middle French condenser, from Latin condēnsāre, from con- con- + dēnsāre “to thicken,” verb derivative of dēnsus dense
Example Sentences
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Thomas’s style of speaking, in fact, resembles poetry, with rapid juxtapositions of images and a tendency to condense memories from different time periods.
Tule fog forms when heat escapes from the ground on clear, calm nights, and moisture in the air condenses into a low-lying mist.
Moisture in the air on the windward side of a mountain is forced to rise where it will cool and condenses, taking the moisture out of it.
From BBC
Newey said the car was also behind where he wanted it to be as a result of a "very condensed period of development".
From BBC
"What's exciting about our work is that we combine the three big topics in modern condensed matter physics in a single experiment: strong interactions between the electrons, topology and dynamical control," Imamoğlu says.
From Science Daily
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