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" The tourist who moves about to see and hear and open himself to all the influences of the places which condense centuries of human greatness is only a man in search of excellence."
Max Lerner

Meaning of "condense" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CONDENSE

From Latin condēnsāre, from dēnsāre to make thick, from dēnsusdense.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CONDENSE

kənˈdɛns


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONDENSE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Condense is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb condense in English.

WHAT DOES CONDENSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Condensation

Condensation is the change of the physical state of matter from gas phase into liquid phase, and is the reverse of vaporization. It can also be defined as the change in the state of water vapor to liquid water when in contact with any surface. When the transition happens from the gaseous phase into the solid phase directly, the change is called deposition.

Definition of condense in the English dictionary

The first definition of condense in the dictionary is to increase the density of; compress. Other definition of condense is to reduce or be reduced in volume or size; make or become more compact. Condense is also to change or cause to change from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CONDENSE

PRESENT

Present
I condense
you condense
he/she/it condenses
we condense
you condense
they condense
Present continuous
I am condensing
you are condensing
he/she/it is condensing
we are condensing
you are condensing
they are condensing
Present perfect
I have condensed
you have condensed
he/she/it has condensed
we have condensed
you have condensed
they have condensed
Present perfect continuous
I have been condensing
you have been condensing
he/she/it has been condensing
we have been condensing
you have been condensing
they have been condensing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I condensed
you condensed
he/she/it condensed
we condensed
you condensed
they condensed
Past continuous
I was condensing
you were condensing
he/she/it was condensing
we were condensing
you were condensing
they were condensing
Past perfect
I had condensed
you had condensed
he/she/it had condensed
we had condensed
you had condensed
they had condensed
Past perfect continuous
I had been condensing
you had been condensing
he/she/it had been condensing
we had been condensing
you had been condensing
they had been condensing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will condense
you will condense
he/she/it will condense
we will condense
you will condense
they will condense
Future continuous
I will be condensing
you will be condensing
he/she/it will be condensing
we will be condensing
you will be condensing
they will be condensing
Future perfect
I will have condensed
you will have condensed
he/she/it will have condensed
we will have condensed
you will have condensed
they will have condensed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been condensing
you will have been condensing
he/she/it will have been condensing
we will have been condensing
you will have been condensing
they will have been condensing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would condense
you would condense
he/she/it would condense
we would condense
you would condense
they would condense
Conditional continuous
I would be condensing
you would be condensing
he/she/it would be condensing
we would be condensing
you would be condensing
they would be condensing
Conditional perfect
I would have condense
you would have condense
he/she/it would have condense
we would have condense
you would have condense
they would have condense
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been condensing
you would have been condensing
he/she/it would have been condensing
we would have been condensing
you would have been condensing
they would have been condensing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you condense
we let´s condense
you condense
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to condense
Past participle
condensed
Present Participle
condensing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONDENSE

commence · common-sense · defence · dense · dispense · expense · fence · hence · immense · incense · intense · offence · pence · recondense · self-defense · sense · spence · superdense · suspense · tense

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONDENSE

condemned cell · condemner · condemningly · condemnor · condensability · condensable · condensate · condensation · condensation trail · condensational · condensed · condensed matter · condensed milk · condensed-matter · condenser · condensery · condensibility · condensible · condensing boiler · conder

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONDENSE

common sense · defense · Department of Defense · driver´s license · fashion sense · Hortense · license · make sense · mense · no-nonsense · nonsense · Odense · offense · Orense · Ourense · past tense · pretense · sixth sense · the offense · ultradense

Synonyms and antonyms of condense in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CONDENSE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «condense» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «condense» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF CONDENSE

Find out the translation of condense to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of condense from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «condense» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

简缩
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

abreviar
570 millions of speakers
en

English

condense
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

गाढ़ा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تتكثف
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

конденсироваться
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

condensar
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

সংক্ষেপ করিয়া বলা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

condenser
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Condense
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

zusammenfassen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

要約する
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

요약하다
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Condense
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tụ lại
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

ஒடுங்க
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

संक्षेप
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

yoğunlaştırmak
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

sintetizzare
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

skroplić
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

конденсуватися
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

condensa
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συμπυκνώσει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kondenseer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kondensera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kondensere
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of condense

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONDENSE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of condense
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about condense

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5 QUOTES WITH «CONDENSE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word condense.
1
Randy Bachman
Those two songs condense the two albums. They also show what the audiences wanted. I was desperate to keep the band together and find something that the public would like.
2
Gotye
I have this desire to just while away weeks, months and years. It took me two years to make this record but that was with me trying to condense my process and not disappear down the rabbit hole with all the cool things I've collected. I could take 10 years and not explore everything I want to with these instruments.
3
Max Lerner
The tourist who moves about to see and hear and open himself to all the influences of the places which condense centuries of human greatness is only a man in search of excellence.
4
Richard K. Morgan
A typical twenty-page short story would work quite well as a graphic novel. A single graphic novel of maybe 120 pages would condense down into a short story quite nicely.
5
Anne Stevenson
I play with language a great deal in my poems, and I enjoy that. I try to condense language, that is, I try to express complicated but I hope real emotions as simply as possible. But that doesn't mean the poems are simple, just that they are as truthful as I can make them.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONDENSE»

Discover the use of condense in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to condense and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Experimental Algorithms: 10th International Symposium, SEA ...
To obtain minimization results for a given condense discrete convex function, we require the given condense discrete convex function to be C1. After defining the local and global minimum of condense discrete convex functions, we obtain ...
Panos M. Pardalos, Steffen Rebennack, 2011
2
QuickBooks 2005 Bible
The Condense Data option is available from the Utilities choice of the File menu. The Utilities choice is dimmed as long as any windows are open on the QuickBooks desktop. § Single-user mode is required. QuickBooks switches to single-user ...
Jill Gilbert Welytok, JD,CPA, 2005
3
The Composition of Everyday Life, Brief Edition, 4th ed.: A ...
Readers can actually feel the word patterns insisting on attention. Condense Wordy Phrases In everyday life, we use lots of common wordy phrases— phrases that contain unnecessary words. But in writing, we have an opportunity to clean out ...
John Mauk, John W. Metz, 2011
4
QuickBooks 2013: The Missing Manual: The Official Intuit ...
If you're ready to condense your company file, first consider when to do it. The cleaning process can take several hours for a large company file, and a slow computer or a small amount of memory exacerbates the problem. You might want to ...
Bonnie Biafore, 2012
5
QuickBooks 2012: The Missing Manual
cost of the items as of the condense date. When the program finds an inventory transaction that it can't condense (perhaps because the payment is outstanding), it keeps all the inventory transactions from that date forward. • Reports might not ...
Bonnie Biafore, 2011
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Special Edition Using WordPerfect Office X3
When you condense a master document, you get to select which subdocuments are condensed and which are saved. By selectively condensing certain subdocuments, you can work on related sections of a document without “wading through” ...
Ernest Adams, Read Gilgen, 2006
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of ...
They colour, shape and size Assume, as likes them best, condense or rare. Milton. —They might be separated without consociating JKotbe huge condense bodies of planets. Bcntlefi irrmumi. (i,)* To Condense, v. a. [condenso, Lat.J To « uke ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1816
8
Avid Liquid 7 for Windows: Visual QuickPro Guide
Condense is a similar feature to Consolidate, and it uses Subclips simply to create a better, more logical workflow. The major problem with Subclips is that the clips' mark-in and mark-out points remain the same as the original media. This can ...
Paul Ekert, 2005
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Daily Academic Vocabulary: Grade 6
Day 3 condensed • condense Academic Vocabulary How can I condense this book? 1. How would you complete these sentences? Say them aloud to a partner . can be condensed. I would condense by . 2. If you had a condensed week of ...
Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, 2007
10
Vokera HE35 service manual: compact he 35
6.29 CONDENSE TRAP REMOVAL fig. 36 Carry out component removal procedure as described in 6.4. Disconnect the flexible condense pipe (1) from the condense trap. Locate and remove the condense pipe locking pin and disconnect the ...
Balkcracker

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONDENSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term condense is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mayhem fest cofounder says metal genre in trouble
“Yeah, we had to condense it,” Lyman said. “The expenses of putting on those shows had gotten high, so we had to push it all into the ... «Detroit Free Press, Jul 15»
2
The science behind waterspouts
When the air rises, it starts to condense into water droplets, and at times, the wind lines up just so that these water droplets start to spin. ...this is ... «WPTV.com, Jul 15»
3
Is Mars Humid Enough to Support Life?
As temperatures on the Red Planet drop at night, he explained, water could condense into ice or snow in regions where the pressure and ... «Discovery News, Jul 15»
4
How to save on back-to-school shopping
You can condense the official list and make your own based on what you already own and what your child favors on a personal level. Focus on ... «San Angelo Standard Times, Jul 15»
5
ESPN's Bob Ley on Mike Rice story: 'A lot of unanswered questions …
Try to condense the essence of what we do down to an hour is impossible. How has the show evolved? It was actually less than monthly when ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
6
The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged) Is Nearly Two Times …
... then speed up slightly to condense comedies and tragedies into a couple of lugubrious sketches. (Ramirez is funny when he puts the voices ... «Dallas Observer, Jul 15»
7
Burning Can sports, music and beer fest, July 17-18
Burning Can “condenses what's best about the craft can lifestyle” — though it doesn't condense too much. Dozens of canning breweries from ... «Mountain Xpress, Jul 15»
8
Android M 6.0 Update Features, Release Date & Rumors Here!
With the Android M OS, when you pull the quick settings panel down while on the lock screen, you'll see your notifications condense to ... «Latinos Post, Jul 15»
9
Appellate Court Notes
It was suggested that a wider audience might appreciate brief summaries of recent rulings that condense often long and confusing decisions ... «JD Supra, Jul 15»
10
Back to the Future 4 & 9 other sequels that never happened!
... too big; there would only be one sequel today if Gale and Zemeckis had been able to successfully condense everything into one movie. «Moviehole, Jul 15»
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