concentrativeadj.

Brit.

/ˈkɒnsntreɪtɪv/,

/ˈkɒnsɛnˌtreɪtɪv/, U.S.

/ˈkɑnsənˌtreɪdɪv/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: concentrate v., -ive suffix.

Etymology: < concentrate v. + -ive suffix. Compare post-classical Latin concentrativus (1682 or earlier). N.E.D. (1891) gives the pronunciation as (kǫ̆nse·ntrătiv) /kənˈsɛntrətɪv/.

That tends to concentrate; characterized by concentration; concentrated.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > [adjective]

intentivec1386

intendable1390

studiousa1400

diligentc1400

intendantc1440

suspensec1450

attent1482

heartbounda1586

searchful1594

intent1610

wist1615

wistful1616

intense1640

imminent1641

concentrative1725

well-attending1725

acuminated1786

spell-bound1799

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > [adjective] > on single point

concentred1641

concentrated1652

concentrating1662

concentrative1725

concentrate1834

focalizing1838

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adjective] > gathering, collecting, or coming together > gathered together > gathered or gathering to common centre

concentred1641

concentrative1725

concentrated1834

1725 J. Sedgwick New Treat. Liquors 104 Its [sc. water's] opposite Nature to the concentrative Heat, from the Laws of Temperament.

1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 12 218 The noblest examples of pure and concentrative imagination to be found in any author.

1829 C. Welch Wesleyan Polity 197 The accumulation is the unfailing product of the concentrative tendency.

1881 M. E. Braddon Asphodel I. 72 Your nature is concentrative rather than diffuse.

1913 Math. Gaz. 7 29 But all such concentrative or intensive effort was accompanied by liberal time for revision.

1965 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 26 18 Any rational thinking has to be selective and concentrative.

2007 Perspectives Psychol. Sci. 2 233/1 Fully facing one's feelings..through mindfulness exercises in Zen and concentrative meditation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	concentrative
释义	concentrativeadj. Brit. /ˈkɒnsntreɪtɪv/, /ˈkɒnsɛnˌtreɪtɪv/, U.S. /ˈkɑnsənˌtreɪdɪv/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: concentrate v., -ive suffix. Etymology: < concentrate v. + -ive suffix. Compare post-classical Latin concentrativus (1682 or earlier). N.E.D. (1891) gives the pronunciation as (kǫ̆nse·ntrătiv) /kənˈsɛntrətɪv/. That tends to concentrate; characterized by concentration; concentrated. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > [adjective] intentivec1386 intendable1390 studiousa1400 diligentc1400 intendantc1440 suspensec1450 attent1482 heartbounda1586 searchful1594 intent1610 wist1615 wistful1616 intense1640 imminent1641 concentrative1725 well-attending1725 acuminated1786 spell-bound1799 the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > [adjective] > on single point concentred1641 concentrated1652 concentrating1662 concentrative1725 concentrate1834 focalizing1838 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adjective] > gathering, collecting, or coming together > gathered together > gathered or gathering to common centre concentred1641 concentrative1725 concentrated1834 1725 J. Sedgwick New Treat. Liquors 104 Its [sc. water's] opposite Nature to the concentrative Heat, from the Laws of Temperament. 1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 12 218 The noblest examples of pure and concentrative imagination to be found in any author. 1829 C. Welch Wesleyan Polity 197 The accumulation is the unfailing product of the concentrative tendency. 1881 M. E. Braddon Asphodel I. 72 Your nature is concentrative rather than diffuse. 1913 Math. Gaz. 7 29 But all such concentrative or intensive effort was accompanied by liberal time for revision. 1965 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 26 18 Any rational thinking has to be selective and concentrative. 2007 Perspectives Psychol. Sci. 2 233/1 Fully facing one's feelings..through mindfulness exercises in Zen and concentrative meditation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1725
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