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concentrate on vs concentrate upon

Both 'concentrate on' and 'concentrate upon' are correct and can be used interchangeably. However, 'concentrate on' is more commonly used in everyday English, while 'concentrate upon' is considered more formal and less common.

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concentrate on

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate focusing attention or effort on a particular task or object.

Examples:

She needs to concentrate on her studies to pass the exam.
Let's concentrate on finding a solution to the problem.

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I try to concentrate on more spiritual matters.
This article will concentrate on some good organizational strategies.
It is making it very difficult to concentrate on my work.
You should concentrate on the game, Mr. Balagan.
I couldn't concentrate on anything but obsessively crocheting.
Don't concentrate on particular crescendos or cymbal crashes.
Look into my eyes, concentrate on me.
I should concentrate on walking first.
Okay, please just concentrate on getting out of this alive.
Okay, well, we have to concentrate on the casino.
Lets put our personal feelings aside and concentrate on work.
Let's concentrate on what really matters, the work.
We have to concentrate on the ones still alive.
For some reason, I find it very difficult to concentrate on anything else.
I don't know how you could possibly concentrate on anything.
Let's concentrate on it at the exact same time.
I need to concentrate on me this one time.
Ignore them and concentrate on producing an heir.
She needs to concentrate on her job and we need to concentrate on ours.

Alternatives:

focus on
pay attention to
center on
zero in on
fixate on

concentrate upon

This phrase is correct but less common in everyday English.

This phrase is also used to indicate focusing attention or effort on a particular task or object, but it is considered more formal.

Examples:

The speaker asked the audience to concentrate upon the main points of the presentation.
In this meditation practice, you are encouraged to concentrate upon your breath.

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All of these are issues we can concentrate upon.
The other element we want to concentrate upon is the six legislative texts.
I wish I had much more time to talk about it, but I want to concentrate upon what is most urgent, namely the issue of Chechnya.
I shall concentrate upon two parts of the report: those relating to Israel/Palestine and to women's right to determine their own lives.
I hope that this discussion will, in the first place, concentrate upon Kosovo so that the desperate situation there might be remedied.
With so many Member States, it would have been sensible to concentrate upon rather fewer issues at EU level so as to be more effective in these areas.
I'd found it in the mid '80s preferable to try and concentrate upon on those things that only comics could achieve.
This means that the Austrians are obliged to concentrate upon railway capacity through Austria.
This makes it all the more important for us to concentrate upon finding new energy sources.
It is trying to pretend that it welcomes the outcome because it is largely liberal and concentrates upon the liberal market aspects.
I want, however, to concentrate mainly upon the social security systems.
We should now, however, concentrate more upon measures to promote growth.
The proposal put forward by the Commission concerning the Mining Waste Directive and published, if I remember rightly, on 2 June concentrates more upon the management of waste.
It is a great failing of our strategy that we concentrate very heavily upon young people in these countries.
Publicly-owned organisations should not however be the only ones which have to shoulder the burden of social responsibility for, e.g. people in sparsely populated areas, while private businesses are allowed to concentrate only upon areas where the business rewards are considerable.
I think that those who say that we should now concentrate first and foremost upon stem cells from adults are not showing the required modesty faced with this new area.
A relevant example in Sweden is how the privately-owned business Citymail concentrates its activity upon the major city areas, whereas the publicly-owned Posten is prevented from competing on equal terms with Citymail.
Mr President, I shall concentrate in particular upon the remarks on the ECSC's operating budget, in which context I shall talk about the report issued by Mr Seppänen on behalf of the Committee on Budgets.
Mr President, I would like to concentrate on the impact of European relocation decisions as they impact upon developing countries.
Successive opinion polls have confirmed that third pillar issues such as combatting organized crime and unemployment are high priority issues upon which we have to concentrate our energies.

Alternatives:

focus upon
pay attention upon
center upon
zero in upon
fixate upon

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