condense

See also: condensé

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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)

1. (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.

2. 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.

3. (intransitive, chemistry) To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.

Related terms

• condensation

Translations

to decrease size or volume

• Bulgarian: сгъстявам (bg) (sgǎstjavam), концентрирам (bg) (koncentriram)
• Catalan: condensar (ca)
• Dutch: verdichten (nl)
• Finnish: tiivistää (fi)
• French: condenser (fr)
• German: kondensieren (de), verkleinern (de)

• Greek: συμπυκνώνω (el) (sympyknóno)
• Italian: condensare (it)
• Japanese: 縮小する (ja) (shukushō suru), 縮める (chizimeru)
• Latin: condensare
• Russian: сгуща́ть (ru) impf (sguščátʹ), сгусти́ть (ru) pf (sgustítʹ)
• Spanish: condensar (es)

to transform something into a liquid

• Bulgarian: втечнявам (bg) (vtečnjavam)
• Catalan: condensar (ca)
• Dutch: condenseren (nl), neerslaan (nl)
• Finnish: tiivistää (fi), kondensoida
• French: condenser (fr)
• German: kondensieren (de)
• Interlingua: condensar
• Irish: comhdhlúthaigh
• Italian: condensare (it)

• Japanese: 液化する (ja) (ekika suru)
• Portuguese: condensar (pt)
• Romanian: condensa (ro)
• Russian: конденси́ровать (ru) impf or pf (kondensírovatʹ)
• Spanish: condensar (es)
• Swedish: kondensera (sv)
• Tagalog: kintayin, kumintay
• Thai: ควบแน่น (kûuap-nɛ̂n)

to be transformed into a liquid

• Bulgarian: втечнявам се (vtečnjavam se)
• Dutch: condenseren (nl), neerslaan (nl)
• Finnish: tiivistyä (fi), kondensoitua
• French: se condenser (fr)
• German: kondensieren (de)
• Interlingua: condensar
• Irish: comhdhlúthaigh
• Italian: condensarsi

• Japanese: 液化する (ja) (ekika suru)
• Maori: whakatōtā
• Portuguese: condensar (pt)
• Russian: конденси́роваться (ru) impf or pf (kondensírovatʹsja)
• Spanish: condensar (es)
• Swedish: kondensera (sv)
• Tagalog: kintayin
• Thai: ควบแน่น (kûuap-nɛ̂n)

Adjective

condense (comparative more condense, superlative most condense)

1. (archaic) Condensed; compact; dense.
   • Bentley

     The huge condense bodies of planets.

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: condensent, condenses

Verb

condense

1. first-person singular present indicative of condenser
2. third-person singular present indicative of condenser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of condenser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of condenser
5. second-person singular imperative of condenser

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Italian

Noun

condense f

1. plural of condensa

Anagrams

• censendo

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Latin

Adjective

condēnse

1. vocative masculine singular of condēnsus

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Portuguese

Verb

condense

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of condensar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of condensar
3. first-person singular imperative of condensar
4. third-person singular imperative of condensar

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Spanish

Verb

condense

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of condensar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of condensar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of condensar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of condensar.