condense
See also: condensé
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French condenser, from Latin condensare.
Pronunciation
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Verb
condense (third-person singular simple present condenses, present participle condensing, simple past and past participle condensed)
- (transitive) To decrease size or volume by concentration toward the essence.
- Synonym: minify
- Antonyms: magnify, extend
- An abridged dictionary can be further condensed to pocket size.
- Boiling off water condenses a thin sauce into a soupier mixture.
- To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate.
- Synonyms: thicken; see also Thesaurus:compress
- Antonym: extend
- (Can we date this quote?) John Milton
- In what shape they choose, / Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure.
- (Can we date this quote?) Motley
- The secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation.
- (intransitive, chemistry) To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.
Related terms
- condensation
Translations
to decrease size or volume
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to transform something into a liquid
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to be transformed into a liquid
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Adjective
condense (comparative more condense, superlative most condense)
- (archaic) Condensed; compact; dense.
- Bentley
- The huge condense bodies of planets.
- Bentley
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: condensent, condenses
Verb
condense
- first-person singular present indicative of condenser
- third-person singular present indicative of condenser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of condenser
- third-person singular present subjunctive of condenser
- second-person singular imperative of condenser
Italian
Noun
condense f
- plural of condensa
Anagrams
- censendo
Latin
Adjective
condēnse
- vocative masculine singular of condēnsus
Portuguese
Verb
condense
- first-person singular present subjunctive of condensar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of condensar
- first-person singular imperative of condensar
- third-person singular imperative of condensar
Spanish
Verb
condense
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of condensar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of condensar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of condensar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of condensar.