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Sense: Verb: pay attention
Synonyms:
pay attention, focus Collocations, focus in, focus attention, focus your thoughts, put your mind to, think Collocations, think hard, fix your attention on, fix your thoughts on, apply yourself, give exclusive attention to, direct all your attention to, brood over, apply the mind, rack your brains, meditate, ponder, give thought, be fixated, zero in, fasten on, buckle down, knuckle down, consider sth closely, scrutinize, scrutinise , regard carefully, study deeply, examine closely, be engrossed, occupy the mind, direct the mind to, bring the mind to bear, keep your eye on the ball
Antonyms:
get distracted, be distracted, lose focus, procrastinate Collocations, daydream, fool around , mess around , get sidetracked
Sense: Verb: condense
Synonyms:
condense, compress, intensify, compact, reduce Collocations, boil down, refine Collocations, purify, clarify Collocations, distill, distil , solidify
Antonyms:
deconcentrate, disperse, disseminate, spread out, dilute, separate Collocations, scatter Collocations, break apart, break up, divide Collocations
Sense: Verb: come together as a group
Synonyms:
mass Collocations, accumulate, coalesce, huddle Collocations, congregate, swarm Collocations, converge, assemble Collocations, gather Collocations, collect Collocations, group together, draw together, come together, get together, flock together, crowd together, rally around, rally round , rally Collocations
Sense: Verb: group together
Synonyms:
amass, mass Collocations, accumulate, huddle Collocations, bunch Collocations, heap up, swarm Collocations, assemble Collocations, gather Collocations, group together, group Collocations, collect Collocations, cluster Collocations, conglomerate, bring together, bring sb/sth toward a central point, bring sb/sth into a small compass, rally Collocations, congest, aggregate Collocations, agglomerate
Sense: Verb: focus efforts
Synonyms:
focus Collocations, consolidate, center Collocations, centre , unify, centralize, centralise , focalize, focalise , unite, step up