to bring or come to a common center; concentrate or converge
Word origin
Fr concentrer < L com-, together + centrum, center
concenter in American English
(kɑnˈsentər, kən-)
transitive verb or intransitive verb
to bring or converge to a common center; concentrate
Alsoesp Britconcentre
Word origin
[1585–95; ‹ MF concentrer, equiv. to con-con- + centrer to center]This word is first recorded in the period 1585–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: aberration, filament, naturalize, parallax, scuffcon- is a prefix meaning “with,” “together,” “in association,” and (with intensive force)“completely”. Other words that use the affix con- include: connect, contact, contour, convert, custom