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Collins Primary Illustrated Dictionary

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2019
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comrade comrades

NOUN a companion, especially in battle

con cons, conning, conned

VERB 1 If someone cons you, or you are conned, you are tricked into doing something. • He conned me into buying the tickets.

NOUN 2 a trick that makes you believe or do something that you would not normally believe or do

concave

ADJECTIVE A concave surface curves inwards, rather than being level or bulging outwards.

ANTONYM: convex

conceal conceals, concealing, concealed

VERB If you conceal something, you hide it.

conceited

ADJECTIVE Someone who is conceited is too proud of their appearance or abilities.

SYNONYMS: bigheaded, self-important

conceive conceives, conceiving, conceived

VERB 1 If you can’t conceive of something, you can’t imagine it or believe it. • He couldn’t conceive of anything more fun than surfing.

2 If you conceive something such as a plan, you think of it and work out how it could be done. • Alex conceived the idea while eating his lunch.

3 When a woman conceives, she becomes pregnant.

concentrate concentrates, concentrating, concentrated

VERB 1 If you concentrate on something, you give it all your attention. • I need to concentrate on my homework.

2 When something is concentrated in one place, it is all there rather than in several places. • The shops were concentrated in the town centre.

concentrated

ADJECTIVE A concentrated liquid has been made stronger by having water removed from it. • concentrated orange juice

concentration concentrations

NOUN 1 the ability to give your full attention to something you do or hear

2 A concentration of something is a large amount of it in one place.

concept concepts

NOUN an abstract or general idea

conception conceptions

NOUN the idea you have of something

concern concerns, concerning, concerned

NOUN 1 worry about something or someone

2 If something is your concern, it is your duty or responsibility.

VERB 3 If something concerns you or if you are concerned about it, it worries you.

concerned ADJECTIVE

concerning

PREPOSITION You use concerning to show what something is about. • an article concerning fox hunting

concert concerts

NOUN a public performance by musicians

concession concessions

NOUN If you make a concession, you agree to let someone have or do something.

concise

ADJECTIVE giving all the necessary information using as few words as possible • a concise explanation

SYNONYMS: brief, short

concisely ADVERB

conclude concludes, concluding, concluded

VERB 1 If you conclude something, you examine the facts and decide what your opinion is. • We concluded that the letter was a fake.

2 When you conclude something, you finish it.

conclusion conclusions

NOUN 1 the end of something

2 a final decision about something • We wanted to go for a swim in the sea, but we came to the conclusion that it was too cold.
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