1 [U] the ability to direct all your effort and attention on one thing, without thinking of other things:
This book requires a great deal of concentration. * Stress and tiredness affect your powers of concentration.
2 [U] ~ (on sth) the process of people directing effort and attention on a particular thing:
a need for greater concentration on environmental issues * In his concentration on the job in hand, John allowed his normal vigilance to slip.
3 [C] ~ (of sth) a lot of sth in one place:
a concentration of industry in the north of the country
4 [C,U] the amount of a substance in a liquid or in another substance:
glucose concentrations in the blood
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