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Concentration Great Requires Powers Greater Environmental Noun Bre
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concentration |
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BrE / ˌkɒnsnˈtreɪʃn / NAmE / ˌkɑːnsnˈtreɪʃn / |
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- this book requires a great deal of concentration.
- tiredness affects your powers of concentration.
- a need for greater concentration on environmental issues
- in his concentration on the job in hand, john allowed his normal vigilance to slip.
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concentration(noun)BrE / ˌkɒnsnˈtreɪʃn / NAmE / ˌkɑːnsnˈtreɪʃn / - 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.
- the process of people directing effort and attention on a particular thing
- a need for greater concentration on environmental issues
- In his concentration on the job in hand, John allowed his normal vigilance to slip.
- a lot of something in one place
- a concentration of industry in the north of the country
- the amount of a substance in a liquid or in another substance
- glucose concentrations in the blood
Extra Examples- Don’s voice from outside broke my concentration.
- Evaporation gradually increases the salt concentration of the water.
- One momentary lapse in concentration could prove fatal.
- She has great powers of concentration for a child her age.
- The concentration of nitrates in the drinking water has risen in recent years.
- The game requires great concentration.
- The greatest concentration of traffic is downtown.
- The greatest concentration of traffic is in the city centre.
- a look of total concentration on her face
- his concentration on his writing
- He stressed the need for greater concentration on environmental issues.
- The noise had disturbed his concentration.
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