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CONDENSE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make more concise

Example:

condense the contents of a book into a summary

Synonyms:

concentrate; condense; digest

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "condense" is one way to...):

abbreviate; abridge; contract; cut; foreshorten; reduce; shorten (reduce in scope while retaining essential elements)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "condense"):

capsule; capsulise; capsulize; encapsulate (put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume)

telescope (make smaller or shorter)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

condensation (a shortened version of a written work)

condenser (lens used to concentrate light on an object)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops

Example:

The acid distills at a specific temperature

Synonyms:

condense; distil; distill

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "condense" is one way to...):

flux; liquefy; liquify (become liquid or fluid when heated)

Verb group:

condense (develop due to condensation)

condense (remove water from)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sentence example:

The water condenses

Derivation:

condensate (atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold)

condensation (the process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Compress or concentrate

Example:

Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan

Synonyms:

concentrate; condense; contract

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "condense" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Verb group:

condense (become more compact or concentrated)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

condensation (the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Develop due to condensation

Example:

All our planets condensed out of the same material

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "condense" is one way to...):

arise; come up (result or issue)

Verb group:

condense; distil; distill (undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

condensation; condensing (the act of increasing the density of something)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Become more compact or concentrated

Example:

Her feelings condensed

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "condense" is one way to...):

deepen; intensify (become more intense)

Verb group:

concentrate; condense; contract (compress or concentrate)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

condensation (the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid

Example:

The cold air condensed the steam

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "condense" is one way to...):

change integrity (change in physical make-up)

Verb group:

condense (remove water from)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They condense the water

Derivation:

condensing (the act of increasing the density of something)

condenser (an apparatus that converts vapor into liquid)

condenser (a hollow coil that condenses by abstracting heat)

condensation (the process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state)

condensation; condensate (atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Remove water from

Example:

condense the milk

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "condense" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Verb group:

condense; distil; distill (undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops)

condense (cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

condensation (the act of increasing the density of something)

condensation (the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together)

condensing (the act of increasing the density of something)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The inactive, condensed X chromosome in a female somatic cell.

(Barr Body, NCI Thesaurus)

Homocysteine condenses with serine to form cystathionine, which is deaminated and hydrolyzed to form cysteine and alpha-ketobutyrate.

(Biosynthesis of Cysteine Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A condensed version of a self-administered or structured interview questionnaire designed specifically for evaluating lymphedema symptoms after surgery for breast cancer.

(Lymphedema and Breast Cancer Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

Proximal-distal differentiating mesenchymal cells condense to form the limb skeletal primordia.

(Limb Development, NCI Thesaurus)

Any technique in which a sample is condensed in order to afford greater sensitivity for the detection of microorganisms.

(Microbial Concentration Method, NCI Thesaurus)

Condensed chromosomes observed during the M phase of the cell cycle.

(Mitotic Chromosome, NCI Thesaurus)

A cell of the parathyroid gland that has condensed chromatin in a small round nucleus.

(Parathyroid Gland Oxyphil Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

Regions of the genome that are permanently in a highly condensed condition and are not genetically expressed.

(Heterochromatin, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

The portion of chromosome material that remains condensed and is transcriptionally inactive during INTERPHASE.

(Heterochromatin, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Mitochondria with a polymorphic and condensed matrix and reduced volume but an increased density.

(Condensed Configuration of the Mitochondrion, NCI Thesaurus)