Concentration Great Requires Powers Extra Examples Noun ˌkɒnsnˈtreɪʃn

• this book requires a great deal of concentration.
• tiredness affects your powers of concentration.
• one momentary lapse in concentration could prove fatal.
• he has a poor concentration span (= cannot concentrate for long)

concentration

1. the ability to direct all your effort and attention on one thing, without thinking of other things
• This book requires a great deal of concentration.
• Tiredness affects your powers of concentration.
• One momentary lapse in concentration could prove fatal.
• He has a poor concentration span (= cannot concentrate for long)

Extra Examples

• Don's voice from outside broke my concentration.
• She has great powers of concentration for a child her age.
• The game requires great concentration.
• a look of total concentration on her face
• The noise had disturbed his concentration.
• The manager criticized the players for showing a lack of concentration.
2. the process of people directing effort and attention on a particular thing
• He stressed the need for greater concentration on environmental issues.
• In his concentration on the job in hand, John allowed his normal vigilance to slip.
3. a lot of something in one place
• a concentration of industry in the north of the country

Extra Examples

• The greatest concentration of traffic is in the city centre.
• The greatest concentration of traffic is downtown.
4. the amount of a substance in a liquid or in another substance
• glucose concentrations in the blood

Extra Examples

• Evaporation gradually increases the salt concentration of the water.
• The concentration of nitrates in the drinking water has risen in recent years.