Crossword Dictionary
CONCENTRATE
concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet - v
direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
Synonyms
apply, establish, fixate, focus, intensify, put, settle, attend, center, contemplate, examine, hammer, meditate, muse, need, peruse, ponder, rivet, ruminate, scrutinize, set, study, sweat, weigh
Examples
We need to concentrate on reality, not what could have been.
Tammy was watching a children's show on television and Lisa was on the couch, trying to concentrate on her writing.
After a week of knowing him, she already had to concentrate hard to resist leaning into him whenever he was around.
Etymology
1630s, "to bring or come to a common center," from concenter (1590s), from Italian concentrare, from assimilated form of Latin com "with, together" (see con-) + centrum "center" (see center (n.)).