condense

See also: condensé

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Middle French condenser, from Latin condensare.

PronunciationEdit

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VerbEdit

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.

   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.
   • Milton

     In what shape they choose, / Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure.

   • 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.

SynonymsEdit

• (to decrease size or volume): minify

AntonymsEdit

• extend
• magnify

Related termsEdit

• condensation

TranslationsEdit

to decrease size or volume

• Bulgarian: сгъстявам (bg) (sgǎstjavam), концентрирам (bg) (koncentriram)
• 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)
• 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: конденси́роваться (ru) impf, pf (kondensírovatʹsja)
• 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, pf (kondensírovatʹsja)
• Spanish: condensar (es)
• Swedish: kondensera (sv)
• Tagalog: kintayin
• Thai: ควบแน่น (kûuap-nɛ̂n)

AdjectiveEdit

condense (comparative more condense, superlative most condense)

1. (archaic) Condensed; compact; dense.

   The huge condense bodies of planets. — Bentley.

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FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Homophones: condensent, condenses

VerbEdit

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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ItalianEdit

NounEdit

condense f

1. plural of condensa

AnagramsEdit

• censendo

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LatinEdit

AdjectiveEdit

condense

1. vocative masculine singular of condensus

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PortugueseEdit

VerbEdit

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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SpanishEdit

VerbEdit

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.