Pronunciations (2)
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/kənˈdɛns/
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kənˈdɛns
Verb
To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.
Usage- Transitive
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An abridged dictionary can be further condensed to pocket size.
Boiling off water condenses a thin sauce into a soupier mixture.
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In what shape they choose, Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure.
The secret course pursued both at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation.
To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.
Usage- Transitive
To be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state.
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Water condenses on the window on cold days because of the warm air inside.
Adjective
Condensed; compact; dense.
Usage- Archaic
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The huge condense bodies of planets.
Verb
undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
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water condenses
The acid distills at a specific temperature
make more concise
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condense the contents of a book into a summary
concentrate by removing water from
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condense the milk
cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid
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The cold air condensed the steam
become more compact or concentrated
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Her feelings condensed
develop due to condensation
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All our planets condensed out of the same material
compress or concentrate
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Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan