To fit the lecture into the allotted time, the professor had to condense three hours of material into a single session.
为了在规定时间内完成讲座，教授不得不将三个小时的材料浓缩到一节课中。
Which choice best defines “condense”?
D — To make something shorter or more concentrated. “condense” means to make something shorter or more concentrated.
Which word means “to make something shorter or more concentrated”?
C — condense. “condense” means to make something shorter or more concentrated.
condense — to make something shorter or more concentrated. In Chinese: 浓缩，简缩.
condense is pronounced /kənˈdɛns/.
To fit the lecture into the allotted time, the professor had to condense three hours of material into a single session. (为了在规定时间内完成讲座，教授不得不将三个小时的材料浓缩到一节课中。)
compress, abbreviate, concentrate — all close in meaning to condense (to make something shorter or more concentrated).
expand, elaborate — each the opposite of condense (to make something shorter or more concentrated).
Yes. condense is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.