condense
verb/kənˈdens/
/kənˈdens/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they condense | /kənˈdens/ /kənˈdens/ |
| he / she / it condenses | /kənˈdensɪz/ /kənˈdensɪz/ |
| past simple condensed | /kənˈdenst/ /kənˈdenst/ |
| past participle condensed | /kənˈdenst/ /kənˈdenst/ |
| -ing form condensing | /kənˈdensɪŋ/ /kənˈdensɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to change from a gas into a liquid; to make a gas change into a liquid
- condense (into something) Steam condenses into water when it cools.
- condense something (into something) The steam was condensed rapidly by injecting cold water into the cylinder.
Definitions on the go
Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.
- [intransitive, transitive] condense (something) if a liquid condenses or you condense it, it becomes thicker and stronger because it has lost some of its water synonym reduce
- Condense the soup by boiling it for several minutes.
- [transitive] condense something (into something) to put something such as a piece of writing into fewer words; to put a lot of information into a small space
- The article was condensed into just two pages.
- The author has condensed a great deal of material into just 100 pages.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French condenser or Latin condensare, from condensus ‘very thick’, from con- ‘completely’ + densus ‘dense’.
Check pronunciation:
condense