ˈsɛn.tɚ ˈsɛn.tə(ɹ) ˈsen.tə(ɹ) ˈsɛn.tɚ ˈkɒn.sən.tɹeɪt ˈkɑn.sən.tɹeɪt ˈkɒn.sən.tɹeɪt ˈkɑn.sən.tɹeɪt kənˈdɛns kənˈtɹækt dɪˈkɒkt dəˈkɑkt daɪˈdʒɛst ˈfəʊ.kəs ˈfoʊ.kəs ɹɪˈdjuːs ɹɪˈduːs ˈɹɪvət cook until very little liquid is left The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time be cooked until very little liquid is left The sauce should reduce to one cup make denser, stronger, or purer concentrate juice make more concise condense the contents of a book into a summary compress or concentrate Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan make central The Russian government centralized the distribution of food direct one's attention on something Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies draw together or meet in one common center These groups concentrate in the inner cities a concentrated example of something the concentrate of contemporary despair a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore