condense

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
14
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/kənˈdɛns/

Definition of condense

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.
    “An abridged dictionary can be further condensed to pocket size.”
    “Boiling off water condenses a thin sauce into a soupier mixture.”
    “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.”
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verb

  1. (transitive)To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.
    “An abridged dictionary can be further condensed to pocket size.”
    “Boiling off water condenses a thin sauce into a soupier mixture.”
    “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.”
  2. (transitive)To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.
  3. (intransitive)To be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state.
    “Water condenses on the window on cold days because of the warm air inside.”

adj

  1. (archaic)Condensed; compact; dense.
    “The huge condense bodies of planets.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French condenser, from Latin condēnsō.

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