concentration

concentration, attention

Capacité ou effort de porter toute son attention sur une seule chose.

En anglais simple : The ability or effort to give all your attention to one thing.

• This game requires concentration.
• The noise broke my concentration while I was reading.
• Does your concentration improve after a short break?

Comment l'utiliser : concentration on something (Noise interrupted her concentration on the task.)

Synonymes : focus, attention

Contraires : distraction

Expressions courantes : lose concentration, deep concentration, concentration on something

concentration, regroupement

Grand nombre ou grande quantité de choses réunies dans un même lieu ou groupe.

En anglais simple : A large amount or number of things gathered in one place or group.

• This area has a high concentration of shops.
• The map shows concentrations of people along the coast.
• They found a large concentration of oil beneath the desert.

Comment l'utiliser : a concentration of something (There is a high concentration of restaurants near the station.)

Synonymes : cluster, density

Expressions courantes : high concentration, concentration of something, large concentration

concentration

Quantité d’une substance présente dans une quantité donnée de liquide.

En anglais simple : The amount of a substance mixed into a particular amount of liquid.

• The salt concentration is too high.
• Adding water lowers the concentration of the solution.
• They measured sugar concentrations in each sample.

Comment l'utiliser : the concentration of something in something (We measured the concentration of salt in the water.)

Expressions courantes : salt concentration, concentration of something, low concentration