| concentration | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. concentration | the strength of a solution; number of molecules of a substance in a given volume. |
| ~ property | a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class.; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles" |
| ~ titer, titre | the concentration of a solution as determined by titration. |
| ~ hydrogen ion concentration | the number of moles of hydrogen ions per cubic decimeter. |
| ~ molal concentration, molality | concentration measured by the number of moles of solute per kilogram of solvent. |
| ~ molar concentration, molarity, m | concentration measured by the number of moles of solute per liter of solution. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. compactness, concentration, denseness, density, tightness | the spatial property of being crowded together. |
| ~ spatial arrangement, spacing | the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them. |
| n. (act) | 3. concentration | strengthening the concentration (as of a solute in a mixture) by removing diluting material. |
| ~ strengthening | the act of increasing the strength of something. |
| ~ pervaporation | the concentration of a colloidal solution whose colloid will not pass through a semipermeable membrane; solution is placed in a bag of the membrane and the solvent is evaporated off. |
| n. (event) | 4. concentration | increase in density. |
| ~ increase | a change resulting in an increase.; "the increase is scheduled for next month" |
| ~ compaction, compression, densification, concretion | an increase in the density of something. |
| ~ rarefaction | a decrease in the density of something.; "a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium" |
| n. (cognition) | 5. absorption, concentration, engrossment, immersion | complete attention; intense mental effort. |
| ~ attention | the faculty or power of mental concentration.; "keeping track of all the details requires your complete attention" |
| ~ centering, focus, focusing, focussing, focal point, direction | the concentration of attention or energy on something.; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life" |
| ~ specialism | the concentration of your efforts on a particular field of study or occupation. |
| ~ study | a state of deep mental absorption.; "she is in a deep study" |
| n. (act) | 6. concentration | bringing together military forces. |
| ~ gathering, assemblage, assembly | the social act of assembling.; "they demanded the right of assembly" |
| n. (attribute) | 7. assiduity, assiduousness, concentration | great and constant diligence and attention. |
| ~ industriousness, diligence, industry | persevering determination to perform a task.; "his diligence won him quick promotions"; "frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues" |
| ~ intentness, engrossment | the quality of being intent and concentrated.; "the intentness of his gaze" |
| ~ singleness | the quality of concentrating on one central objective.; "his singleness of purpose" |
| merger | | |
| n. (act) | 1. amalgamation, merger, uniting | the combination of two or more commercial companies. |
| ~ consolidation, integration | the act of combining into an integral whole.; "a consolidation of two corporations"; "after their consolidation the two bills were passed unanimously"; "the defendants asked for a consolidation of the actions against them" |
| n. (event) | 2. fusion, merger, unification | an occurrence that involves the production of a union. |
| ~ union | the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts.; "lightning produced an unusual union of the metals" |
| stock | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. stock | the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity).; "he owns a controlling share of the company's stock" |
| ~ common shares, common stock, ordinary shares | stock other than preferred stock; entitles the owner to a share of the corporation's profits and a share of the voting power in shareholder elections.; "over 40 million Americans invest in common stocks" |
| ~ no-par-value stock, no-par stock | stock with no par value specified in the corporate charter or on the stock certificate. |
| ~ preference shares, preferred shares, preferred stock | stock whose holders are guaranteed priority in the payment of dividends but whose holders have no voting rights. |
| ~ float | the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public. |
| ~ common stock equivalent | preferred stock or convertible bonds or warrants that can be converted into common stock. |
| ~ control stock | shares owned by shareholders who have a controlling interest. |
| ~ growth stock | stock of a corporation that has had faster than average gains in earnings and is expected to continue to. |
| ~ hot issue, hot stock | newly issued stock that is in great public demand. |
| ~ share | any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate.; "he bought 100 shares of IBM at the market price" |
| ~ authorized shares, authorized stock, capital stock | the maximum number of shares authorized under the terms of a corporation's articles of incorporation. |
| ~ quarter stock | stock with a par value of $25/share. |
| ~ capital, working capital | assets available for use in the production of further assets. |
| ~ reacquired stock, treasury shares, treasury stock | stock that has been bought back by the issuing corporation and is available for retirement or resale; it is issued but not outstanding; it cannot vote and pays no dividends. |
| ~ voting stock | shares in a corporation that entitle the shareholder to voting and proxy rights. |
| ~ watered stock | stock representing ownership of overvalued assets; stock of a corporation whose total worth is less than its invested capital. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. inventory, stock | the merchandise that a shop has on hand.; "they carried a vast inventory of hardware"; "they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory" |
| ~ merchandise, product, ware | commodities offered for sale.; "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. gunstock, stock | the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun.; "the rifle had been fitted with a special stock" |
| ~ artillery, heavy weapon, gun, ordnance | large but transportable armament. |
| ~ gun | a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel). |
| ~ handgrip, handle, grip, hold | the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it.; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip" |
| ~ machine gun | a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted). |
| ~ handgun, pistol, shooting iron, side arm | a firearm that is held and fired with one hand. |
| ~ pistol grip | a handle (as of a gun or saw) shaped like the butt of a pistol. |
| ~ support | any device that bears the weight of another thing.; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf" |
| n. (possession) | 4. stock, stock certificate | a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation.; "the value of his stocks doubled during the past year" |
| ~ share | any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate.; "he bought 100 shares of IBM at the market price" |
| ~ certificate, security | a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends.; "he held several valuable securities" |
| n. (possession) | 5. fund, stock, store | a supply of something available for future use.; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars" |
| ~ infrastructure, base | the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area.; "the industrial base of Japan" |
| ~ accumulation | (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation. |
| ~ hoard, stash, cache | a secret store of valuables or money. |
| ~ provision | a store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms). |
| ~ government issue, military issue, issue | supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government. |
| ~ seed stock | a supply of seeds (or tubers) reserved for planting. |
| n. (group) | 6. ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock | the descendants of one individual.; "his entire lineage has been warriors" |
| ~ family line, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept, folk, family | people descended from a common ancestor.; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" |
| ~ side | a family line of descent.; "he gets his brains from his father's side" |
| ~ family tree, genealogy | successive generations of kin. |
| n. (group) | 7. breed, stock, strain | a special variety of domesticated animals within a species.; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep" |
| ~ animal group | a group of animals. |
| ~ variety | (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics.; "varieties are frequently recognized in botany" |
| ~ bloodstock | thoroughbred horses (collectively). |
| ~ pedigree | line of descent of a purebred animal. |
| ~ species | (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed. |
| n. (food) | 8. broth, stock | liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces.; "she made gravy with a base of beef stock" |
| ~ soup | liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food. |
| ~ pot likker, pot liquor, liquor | the liquid in which vegetables or meat have be cooked. |
| ~ beef broth, beef stock | a stock made with beef. |
| ~ chicken broth, chicken stock | a stock made with chicken. |
| ~ stock cube | a cube of dehydrated stock. |
| n. (state) | 9. stock | the reputation and popularity a person has.; "his stock was so high he could have been elected mayor" |
| ~ reputation, repute | the state of being held in high esteem and honor. |
| n. (plant) | 10. caudex, stock | persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant. |
| ~ stalk, stem | a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ. |
| n. (plant) | 11. stock | a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants. |
| ~ plant part, plant structure | any part of a plant or fungus. |
| ~ rootstock | root or part of a root used for plant propagation; especially that part of a grafted plant that supplies the roots. |
| n. (plant) | 12. gillyflower, stock | any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers. |
| ~ flower | a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms. |
| ~ genus matthiola, matthiola | genus of Old World plants grown as ornamentals. |
| ~ brompton stock, matthiola incana | European plant with racemes of sweet-scented flowers; widely cultivated as an ornamental. |
| n. (plant) | 13. malcolm stock, stock | any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia. |
| ~ flower | a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms. |
| ~ genus malcolmia, malcolmia | genus of plants usually found in coastal habitats; Mediterranean to Afghanistan. |
| n. (artifact) | 14. stock | lumber used in the construction of something.; "they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter" |
| ~ lumber, timber | the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material. |
| n. (artifact) | 15. stock | the handle end of some implements or tools.; "he grabbed the cue by the stock" |
| ~ bitstock, brace | a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring. |
| ~ butt, butt end | thick end of the handle. |
| ~ cue stick, pool cue, pool stick, cue | sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards. |
| ~ fishing pole, fishing rod | a rod of wood or steel or fiberglass that is used in fishing to extend the fishing line. |
| ~ handgrip, handle, grip, hold | the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it.; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip" |
| ~ whip | an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping. |
| n. (artifact) | 16. neckcloth, stock | an ornamental white cravat. |
| ~ cravat | neckwear worn in a slipknot with long ends overlapping vertically in front. |
| n. (animal) | 17. farm animal, livestock, stock | any animals kept for use or profit. |
| ~ eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal | mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials. |
| ~ carry | be able to feed.; "This land will carry ten cows to the acre" |
| v. (possession) | 18. carry, stock, stockpile | have on hand.; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?" |
| ~ have, have got, hold | have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense.; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard" |
| v. (possession) | 19. stock | equip with a stock.; "stock a rifle" |
| ~ equip, fit out, outfit, fit | provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose.; "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities" |
| v. (possession) | 20. stock | supply with fish.; "stock a lake" |
| ~ animal husbandry | breeding and caring for farm animals. |
| ~ furnish, provide, supply, render | give something useful or necessary to.; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" |
| ~ stock | supply with livestock.; "stock a farm" |
| v. (possession) | 21. stock | supply with livestock.; "stock a farm" |
| ~ animal husbandry | breeding and caring for farm animals. |
| ~ furnish, provide, supply, render | give something useful or necessary to.; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" |
| ~ stock | supply with fish.; "stock a lake" |
| v. (possession) | 22. buy in, stock, stock up | amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use.; "let's stock coffee as long as prices are low" |
| ~ commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services). |
| ~ overstock | stock excessively. |
| ~ understock | stock with less than the usual or desirable number or quantity. |
| ~ furnish, provide, supply, render | give something useful or necessary to.; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" |
| v. (possession) | 23. stock | provide or furnish with a stock of something.; "stock the larder with meat" |
| ~ plant | place into a river.; "plant fish" |
| ~ restock | stock again.; "He restocked his land with pheasants" |
| ~ furnish, provide, supply, render | give something useful or necessary to.; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" |
| v. (body) | 24. sprout, stock | put forth and grow sprouts or shoots.; "the plant sprouted early this year" |
| ~ acquire, develop, produce, grow, get | come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes).; "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts" |
| adj. | 25. banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn | repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse.; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" |
| ~ unoriginal | not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual.; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern" |
| adj. | 26. stock | routine.; "a stock answer" |
| ~ standard | conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind.; "windows of standard width"; "standard sizes"; "the standard fixtures"; "standard brands"; "standard operating procedure" |
| adj. | 27. standard, stock | regularly and widely used or sold.; "a standard size"; "a stock item" |
| ~ regular | in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle.; "his regular calls on his customers"; "regular meals"; "regular duties" |
| condense | | |
| v. (change) | 1. condense, distil, distill | undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops.; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature" |
| ~ condense | develop due to condensation.; "All our planets condensed out of the same material" |
| ~ condense | remove water from.; "condense the milk" |
| ~ flux, liquify, liquefy | become liquid or fluid when heated.; "the frozen fat liquefied" |
| v. (change) | 2. concentrate, condense, digest | make more concise.; "condense the contents of a book into a summary" |
| ~ abbreviate, abridge, foreshorten, shorten, contract, reduce, cut | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.; "The manuscript must be shortened" |
| ~ capsule, capsulise, capsulize, encapsulate | put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume.; "capsulize the news" |
| ~ telescope | make smaller or shorter.; "the novel was telescoped into a short play" |
| v. (change) | 3. condense | remove water from.; "condense the milk" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| ~ condense, distil, distill | undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops.; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature" |
| ~ condense | cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid.; "The cold air condensed the steam" |
| v. (change) | 4. condense | cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid.; "The cold air condensed the steam" |
| ~ change integrity | change in physical make-up. |
| ~ condense | remove water from.; "condense the milk" |
| v. (change) | 5. condense | become more compact or concentrated.; "Her feelings condensed" |
| ~ deepen, intensify | become more intense.; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan" |
| ~ concentrate, condense, contract | compress or concentrate.; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan" |
| v. (change) | 6. condense | develop due to condensation.; "All our planets condensed out of the same material" |
| ~ come up, arise | result or issue.; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion" |
| ~ condense, distil, distill | undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops.; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature" |
| v. (change) | 7. concentrate, condense, contract | compress or concentrate.; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ condense | become more compact or concentrated.; "Her feelings condensed" |
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