Wiktionary

condense

See also: condensé

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Middle French condenser, from Latin condensare.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /kənˈdɛns/
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VerbEdit

condense (third-person singular simple present condenses, present participle condensing, simple past and past participle condensed)

  1. (transitive) To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.
    Synonyms: thicken, simplify, (cooking) reduce; see also Thesaurus:compress
    Antonym: dilute
    An abridged dictionary can be further condensed to pocket size.
    Boiling off water condenses a thin sauce into a soupier mixture.
  2. (transitive, chemistry) To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.
  3. (intransitive, chemistry) 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.

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AdjectiveEdit

condense (comparative more condense, superlative most condense)

  1. (archaic) Condensed; compact; dense.
    • 1692, Richard Bentley, [A Confutation of Atheism] (please specify the sermon), London: [Thomas Parkhurst; Henry Mortlock], published 1692–1693:
      The huge condense bodies of planets.

ReferencesEdit

  • condense at OneLook Dictionary Search
  • condense in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

ItalianEdit

NounEdit

condense f

  1. plural of condensa

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LatinEdit

AdjectiveEdit

condēnse

  1. vocative masculine singular of condēnsus

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

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.
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