condense
verb /kənˈdens/
/kənˈdens/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they condense | /kənˈdens/ /kənˈdens/ |
| he / she / it condenses | /kənˈdensɪz/ /kənˈdensɪz/ |
| past simple condensed | /kənˈdenst/ /kənˈdenst/ |
| past participle condensed | /kənˈdenst/ /kənˈdenst/ |
| -ing form condensing | /kənˈdensɪŋ/ /kənˈdensɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to change from a gas into a liquid; to make a gas change into a liquid
- condense (into something) Steam condenses into water when it cools.
- condense something (into something) The steam was condensed rapidly by injecting cold water into the cylinder.
WordfinderTopics Physics and chemistryc2- absorb
- condense
- dilute
- dissolve
- evaporate
- filter
- immerse
- liquid
- rinse
- saturated
- [intransitive, transitive] condense (something) if a liquid condenses or you condense it, it becomes thicker and stronger because it has lost some of its water synonym reduce
- Condense the soup by boiling it for several minutes.
- [transitive] condense something (into something) to put something 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.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French condenser or Latin condensare, from condensus ‘very thick’, from con- ‘completely’ + densus ‘dense’.