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My concentration span is truly that of a gnat. Some people have this ladder, and that's all there is - the ladder. I have the ladder, too, but there's a building around it with scaffolding, and lots of windows for me to peek into. Then suddenly I'll remember, 'Oh, there's the ladder. I should be concentrating on that.'
Natascha McElhone

Meaning of "concentration span" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CONCENTRATION SPAN

concentration span  [ˌkɒns ənˈtreɪʃ ən spæn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONCENTRATION SPAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Concentration span is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CONCENTRATION SPAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of concentration span in the English dictionary

The definition of concentration span in the dictionary is the length of time a person can concentrate on something.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONCENTRATION SPAN


bedpan
ˈbɛdˌpæn
Chopin
ˈʃɒpæn
deadpan
ˈdɛdˌpæn
fry-pan
ˈfraɪˌpæn
inspan
ɪnˈspæn
japan
dʒəˈpæn
lifespan
ˈlaɪfspæn
marzipan
ˈmɑːzɪˌpæn
outspan
ˈaʊtˌspæn
pan
pæn
panne
pæn
Saipan
saɪˈpæn
sapan
ˈsæpæn
span
spæn
spic-and-span
ˈspɪkənˈspæn
spick-and-span
ˈspɪkənˈspæn
taipan
ˈtaɪˌpæn
tarpan
ˈtɑːpæn
trepan
trɪˈpæn
wingspan
ˈwɪŋˌspæn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONCENTRATION SPAN

concelebrant
concelebrate
concelebration
concent
concenter
concentrate
concentrated
concentratedly
concentration
concentration camp
concentrative
concentratively
concentrativeness
concentrator
concentre
concentric
concentrical
concentrically
concentricity
concentus

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONCENTRATION SPAN

attention span
Balikpapan
broiler pan
cake pan
flash in the pan
frying pan
grill pan
iron pan
life span
memory span
Montespan
sampan
saucepan
spick and span
tampan
time span
tympan
ulpan
Uruapan
zupan

Synonyms and antonyms of concentration span in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «concentration span» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONCENTRATION SPAN

Find out the translation of concentration span to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of concentration span from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «concentration span» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

浓度范围
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

capacidad de concentración
570 millions of speakers

English

concentration span
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एकाग्रता अवधि
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

القدرة على التركيز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

продолжительность концентрации
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

capacidade de concentração
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঘনত্ব স্প্যান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

capacité de concentration
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jarak tumpuan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Konzentrationsspanne
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

濃度スパン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

농도 범위
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jembatan konsentrasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khả năng tập trung
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

செறிவு இடைவெளி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एकाग्रता कालावधी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Konsantrasyon aralığı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

capacità di concentrazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rozpiętość stężenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тривалість концентрації
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

durata de concentrare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διάρκεια συγκέντρωσης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

konsentrasie span
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

koncentration span
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

konsentrasjon span
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of concentration span

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONCENTRATION SPAN»

The term «concentration span» is normally little used and occupies the 118.788 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONCENTRATION SPAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about concentration span

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QUOTES WITH «CONCENTRATION SPAN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word concentration span.
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Natascha McElhone
My concentration span is truly that of a gnat. Some people have this ladder, and that's all there is - the ladder. I have the ladder, too, but there's a building around it with scaffolding, and lots of windows for me to peek into. Then suddenly I'll remember, 'Oh, there's the ladder. I should be concentrating on that.'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONCENTRATION SPAN»

Discover the use of concentration span in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to concentration span and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Young Children's Behaviour: Practical Approaches for ...
Third, children with language difficulties, limited concentration span, or sensory integration difficulties can find it impossible to learn within the large group setting. As Dowling (2005, p. 151) observes: 'The most demanding level of movement ...
Louise Porter, 2007
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Analysis of Variance and Covariance: How to Choose and ...
Similarly, if an experiment measures the concentration span of students over the course of three, arbitrarily-selected weekdays, then Weekday will be a random factor because it encompasses all possible sources of temporal variation from day ...
C. Patrick Doncaster, Andrew J. H. Davey, 2007
3
Piece of Mind
You're in the Beta state when you're thinking of two things (or more) at a time. To go on reading you will learn to quickly go back to reading in the Alpha state. You could read in Alpha for as long as your concentration span lasts. Some people's ...
Sandy MacGregor, 2011
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Ways of Learning: Learning Theories and Learning Styles in ...
without any sort of referenced evidence) that a child's concentration span, in minutes, is the child's age less one. In either case, this is not very long. The average concentration of an American adult is thought to be seven minutes, which ...
Alan Pritchard, 2013
5
Stress Management Through Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science
Concentration span is the time that we can concentrate on a specific task before our thoughts wander. Bill Gates has a concentration span of 2 hours at a time. In learning concentration skills, we aim to extend our concentration span, bearing in  ...
Umesh Sharma, 2009
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A Guide to Study and Revision
Other things that can help • Once you know what your concentration span is for a specific activity, decide whether it is acceptable or whether you need to train yourself to expand it, e.g. a listening concentration span of 10 minutes and a lecture ...
Roy Paget, 2010
7
Introducing Statistics
(b) the linear (product moment) correlation coefficient. The following table gives measures of concentration span and spatial ability for l5 schoolchildren with reading difficulties. (i) Plot a scatter diagram and comment on its implication for the ...
Graham Upton, Ian Cook, 2001
8
The Lecture Method of Instruction
We are talking about limiting the discussion when our reason for allowing it was to extend the concentration span of the students. 2. Time of Day. Another time consideration, which also has to do with the ability to concentrate, is the time of day ...
Martin M. Broadwell, 1980
9
500 Tips for Working with Children with Special Needs
(See also the section on 'Physical, emotional or sexual abuse' in Chapter 3.) Short concentration span 91 Differentiate between short concentration and short attention span. There is a fine difference between the two. The concentration span is ...
Brown, Sally (Head of Quality Enhancement, University of Northumbria, Newcastle), Harwood, Sally, Vahid, Betty, 2013
10
Common Foundation Studies in Nursing
Knowing what your concentration span is helps you to plan breaks between your periods of study. Breaks should last no longer than your concentration span and are better at about 5 or 10 minutes. When writing this section, for example, I find ...
Jenny Spouse, Michael J. Cook, Carol Cox, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONCENTRATION SPAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term concentration span is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Pyne and Scullion say no sports for Indigenous kids
A child's concentration span is pretty short so not having a mixed teaching programme goes against what is known about how children learn ... «Crikey, Jul 15»
2
Dome's home to a very stale King story
The concentration span of viewers is going to run out sooner or later if things remain the way they are. As we step into the third season, a few ... «Independent Online, Jun 15»
3
More than just performing live
They're very honest and imaginative because their concentration span isn't very long. So you'll know quickly that you're not doing something ... «THE BUSINESS TIMES, Jun 15»
4
More adults taking ADHD drugs given to kids to stay focused
Ironically, these drugs are stimulants, yet are shown to work to improve focus and concentration span in some people. Like all pharmaceuticals ... «BizNews, Jun 15»
5
The dad and daughter lucky to be alive – after suffering strokes …
Her concentration span was greatly reduced and she found it difficult to sit still. Trinny, who is also mum to Ricky, aged eight, and Maria, who is ... «Birmingham Mail, Jun 15»
6
John Allen: Talk of keeping confident team's feet on ground is …
Arguably the concentration span of the first-world human is decreasing. In this year's Walsh Cup, Carlow hurlers contained Galway for the ... «Irish Times, Jun 15»
7
Creating a Conducive Learning Environment
However, too much of anything may become poison so information overload should be avoided, as concentration span of the human mind is ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
8
The steel band hammering out the sound of Antigua
"They have a longer concentration span, because you really have to focus to play all those notes, and it spills over into their work," he adds. null ... «BBC News, Jun 15»
9
Ban smartphones at events? Gasp! However will we cope?
You'll have a better time, I guarantee it, and sometime in the future you might even have developed the concentration span to read a whole ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jun 15»
10
Epsom Derby: How Frankie Dettori came back from exile
... Catherine says I've got bipolar [disorder] because sometimes I'm happy, sometimes I'm not, and I've got the concentration span of the flea. «BBC Sport, Jun 15»

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