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verb |
| inflections: |
condenses, condensing, condensed |
| definition 1: |
to make smaller or less in volume; make more closely packed together; concentrate.
She condensed the fruit juice by boiling it for a long time.- synonyms:
- compact, compress, concentrate, contract
- antonyms:
- amplify
- similar words:
- constrict, crush, decrease, diminish, narrow, pack, reduce, shorten, shrivel
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| definition 2: |
to make shorter or put in fewer words.
He condensed his report from ten pages to five.- synonyms:
- abridge
- antonyms:
- amplify, lengthen
- similar words:
- abbreviate, crystallize, sum up
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| definition 3: |
to cause to change from a gas to a liquid or solid through cooling.
Coldness in an object condenses steam into drops of water on its surface.- similar words:
- precipitate
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| definition 4: |
to change from a gas to a liquid or solid.
The steam from my breath condensed on the window.- antonyms:
- evaporate
- similar words:
- precipitate
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| related words: |
boil down, contract |
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| derivations: |
condensable (condensible) (adj.), condensability (condensibility) (n.) |
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