Concentrate
Concentrate verb - To increase the amount of (a substance in a mixture) by removing other substances.
Try and concentrate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Try" instead a verb "Concentrate".
Try
Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.
Concentrate and try are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Concentrate" instead a verb "Try".
Both words in one sentence
- The Joes try to arrest the dignitaries, but they cheerfully whip out their diplomatic credentials and the Joes have to concentrate on chasing Destro instead.
Source: Diplomatic Impunity - So forget about the whole Pam thing and try to concentrate on the fact that you are the proud owner of one really nice looking coffee maker...and the grocery store is perpetually out of filters.
Source: Fanfic / Season 8 Redo - FX is an even more tragic example in that he's not truly evil, but the abuse he's suffered has messed him up so much that he uses his psychic powers to try and forcibly control everything around him to concentrate.
Source: Fan Fic / Ultimate Sleepwalker
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Try and Concentrate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/concentrate/try
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