condense

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

con·dense [condense condenses condensed condensing] BrE [kənˈdens] NAmE [kənˈdens] verb
1. intransitive, transitive to change from a gas into a liquid; to make a gas change into a liquid
•~ (into sth) Steam condenses into water when it cools.
•~ sth (into sth) The steam was condensed rapidly by injecting cold water into the cylinder.
2. intransitive, transitive ~ (sth) if a liquid condenses or you condense it, it becomes thicker and stronger because it has lost some of its water
Syn: ↑reduce
•Condense the soup by boiling it for several minutes.
3. transitive ~ sth (into sth) to put sth such as a piece of writing into fewer words; to put a lot of information into a small space
•The article was condensed into just two pages.
•The author has condensed a great deal of material into just 100 pages.
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Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French condenser or Latin condensare, from condensus ‘very thick’, from con- ‘completely’ + densus ‘dense’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  concentrate, contract, digest, distill, distil