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- Dictionaryconcentration/ˌkɒnsnˈtreɪʃn/
noun
- 1. the action or power of focusing all one's attention: "she was frowning in concentration" Similar Opposite
- 2. a close gathering of people or things: "the island has the greatest concentration of seabirds in the north-west" Similar
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Aug 25, 2007 · Concentration (education) Thread starter Ali1984; Start date Aug 25, 2007; A. Ali1984 Senior ...
May 15, 2007 · Spain. U.K. English. May 15, 2007. #10. "A high concentration of people" is absolutely fine in the context of your brochure. Another good expression to use is "passing trade" -. " Our vending machines are strategically placed to take advantage of large volumes of passing trade." or.
Jun 8, 2009 · What does concentration mean in an educational field? I am filling out an application form to enter a university. There is a part in which it asks the name of the college I have studied before. Then right after, there is the word concentration with blank space in front. Next line again : second concentration and third concentration.
Jan 9, 2012 · Just to complicate things further, in a mathematical context "define x" would probably mean "say what x represents", and "determine x" would mean "put a value to x". This might seem to contradict what I proposed above, but it doesn't really: "define x" still contains the idea of giving more detail to describe x; "determine x" means "discover a ...
Sep 23, 2007 · Northern California. AE, Español. Sep 23, 2007. #3. This link suggests that "Poppens" is the name of the girl in the song. I looked at the lyrics of the song, and did not quite seem right. This link and a few other commentaries I read support my original suspicion, that "poppen" is a variant of "poppet," which can be understood as meaning "doll."
Oct 30, 2009 · Oct 30, 2009. #1. Hello! Can anybody explain to me what it means by ' to engineer them out ' in the following sentence? (It is about building an airport on the island in the sea) So buildings, pipes and so on tend to buckle and crack. You can engineer around these problems, or you can engineer them out. Knasai airport took the first approach.
When using French guillemets, you should add an (ideally thin) non-breaking space on either side of the quoted text (e.g., « Bonjour ! »), whereas no spaces are used with English quotation marks (e.g., “Hello!”). In French, any closing punctuation comes before or after the closing guillemet depending on whether it modifies the quoted text ...
Jul 14, 2018 · British English. Jul 14, 2018. #3. It's a very positive slang word meaning 'cool, hot, awesome, amazing' and good stuff like that. Urban Dictionary: Crisp. Best not to use it though, because these terms go out of fashion, and you might not want to project a silly image of yourself, for example if it's only used by high school kids. E.
Nov 17, 2008 · Midlands, England. British English (Midlands) Nov 17, 2008. #4. ' Be it...' has the meaning you have described here ' whether it be... ' and a further use: Be it ever so humble, There's no place like home. Here it means: ' Although it is very... ' and has a common idiomatic use although an archaic form in both uses.
Mar 26, 2012 · The right word here is advance, meaning given ahead of time.. ("Advanced" would mean moved ahead, which wouldn't make sense.)
