Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to condense
Participle: condensed
Gerund: condensing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | condense |
| you | condense |
| he;she;it | condenses |
| we | condense |
| you | condense |
| they | condense |
Perfect
| I | have condensed |
| you | have condensed |
| he;she;it | has condensed |
| we | have condensed |
| you | have condensed |
| they | have condensed |
Past
| I | condensed |
| you | condensed |
| he;she;it | condensed |
| we | condensed |
| you | condensed |
| they | condensed |
Pluperfect
| I | had condensed |
| you | had condensed |
| he;she;it | had condensed |
| we | had condensed |
| you | had condensed |
| they | had condensed |
Future
| I | will condense |
| you | will condense |
| he;she;it | will condense |
| we | will condense |
| you | will condense |
| they | will condense |
Future Perfect
| I | will have condensed |
| you | will have condensed |
| he;she;it | will have condensed |
| we | will have condensed |
| you | will have condensed |
| they | will have condensed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | condense |
| you | condense |
| he;she;it | condense |
| we | condense |
| you | condense |
| they | condense |
Perfect
| I | have condensed |
| you | have condensed |
| he;she;it | have condensed |
| we | have condensed |
| you | have condensed |
| they | have condensed |
Imperfect
| I | condensed |
| you | condensed |
| he;she;it | condensed |
| we | condensed |
| you | condensed |
| they | condensed |
Pluperfect
| I | had condensed |
| you | had condensed |
| he;she;it | had condensed |
| we | had condensed |
| you | had condensed |
| they | had condensed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would condense |
| you | would condense |
| he;she;it | would condense |
| we | would condense |
| you | would condense |
| they | would condense |
Perfect
| I | would have condensed |
| you | would have condensed |
| he;she;it | would have condensed |
| we | would have condensed |
| you | would have condensed |
| they | would have condensed |
Imperative
| you | condense |
| we | Let's condense |
| you | condense |
Verbs conjugated like 'condense'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'condense'
condence,
consense,
compense,
condensate,
condone,
confesse,
convene,
converse,
decondense,
nonsense,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make shorter
- abbreviate, abridge, chop off, compress, curt, curtail, lop off, make shorter, pare, prune, reduce in length, shorten, trim, truncate
- to make something more viscous
- engross, incrassate, thicken, thick
- to press or squeeze together; to make more dense
- astringe, compact, compactify, densitize, mash, pack, press, scrunch, smush, squash, squeeze, squish, squoosh, compress, thring, thrutch
- compress
- constrict, consolidate, gather, concentrate, compact, curtail, squeeze
- abridge
- contract, abbreviate, encapsulate, summarize, shorten, synopsize, digest, epitomize
Antonyms
- compress
- increase, extend, spread, stretch
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1477, from L.
condensare "to make dense," from
com- intensive prefix +
densare "make thick," from
densus "dense."
2. Borrowed from Middle French condenser, from Latin condēnsō. See: Latin '
condēnsō'.
Sample Sentences
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An abridged dictionary can be further condensed to pocket size.
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Boiling off water condenses a thin sauce into a soupier mixture.
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In what shape they choose,
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Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure. [1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:]
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The secret course pursued both at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation. [1856, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic. A History. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:]
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Water condenses on the window on cold days because of the warm air inside.