Concentrate and Direct

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Concentrate

Concentrate verb - To fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective.

Usage example: a president who will try to concentrate public attention on the problems of inner cities

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Direct is a synonym for concentrate in focus topic. In some cases you can use "Direct" instead a verb "Concentrate", when it comes to topics like collect.

Nearby Words: concentrated, concentration, concentrating, concentric, concentrator

Direct

Direct verb - To cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway.

Usage example: the aqueduct directs the water into an artificial lake

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Concentrate is a synonym for direct in collect topic. Sometimes you can use "Concentrate" instead a verb "Direct".

Nearby Words: direction, directed, directly, directing, directness

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attention	concentrate attention	direct attention
energy	concentrate energy	direct energy
fire	concentrate fire	direct fire
power	concentrate power	direct power
Other words: lightning, forces, defenses, abilities.

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Picard then tops this by taking command of the fleet and ordering them to concentrate their fire on a single, non-vital spot, which opens up its secondary power relay to a direct assault from the Enterprise's quantum torpedoes.

Source: Big Damn Heroes / Film

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