Condense

/kənˈdɛns/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.
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.
4. (archaic) Condensed; compact; dense.

Example Sentences

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.

Water condenses on the window on cold days because of the warm air inside.

The huge condense bodies of planets.

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Word Forms

• condenses
• condensing
• condensed
• more condense
• most condense

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