condenseverb
usuk/kənˈdens/condense verb (REDUCE)
[ T ] to reduce something, such as a speech or piece of writing, in length:
I condensed ten pages of comments into/to two.
[ T ] to make a liquid thicker by removing some of the water
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Becoming and making smaller or less
- a nip (here) and a tuck (there) idiom
- attenuate
- axe
- bite
- bite into sth
- dive
- drain
- let sth down
- let up
- lower
- make a hole in sth idiom
- miniaturization
- minimize
- shrink
- slash
- step sth down
- strip sth away
- stripped down
- subside
- tail off
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Physical & chemical processes
condense verb (BECOME LIQUID)
[ I or T ] to change or make something change from a gas to a liquid or solid state:
Water vapour in the air condenses into fog.
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Physical & chemical processes
- addition reaction
- adiabatic
- adsorb
- advection
- alpha decay
- degradable
- diffraction
- dissolve
- exothermic reaction
- impregnate
- processus
- redox
- refraction
- rehydrate
- saponification
- scald
- secretion
- suction
- the carbon cycle
- vaporize
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condensed
adjective usuk/-ˈdenst/
condensed soup