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Meaning of concrete in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈkɑnˌkrit/

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  1. Verb

    concrete

    Definitions

    1. cover with cement

    Examples

    • « concrete the walls »
  2. 2. form into a solid mass

    Examples

    • « coalesce »
  3. Classifying Adjective

    concrete

    Definitions

    1. formed by the coalescence of particles

    Synonyms

    • solid
  4. Noun

    concrete

    Definitions

    1. a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water
  5. Qualitative Adjective

    concrete

    Etymology

    late Middle English (in the sense ‘solidified’): from French concret or Latin concretus, past participle of concrescere‘grow together’. Early use was also as a grammatical term designating a quality belonging to a substance (usually expressed by an adjective such as white in white paper) as opposed to the quality itself (expressed by an abstract noun such as whiteness); later concrete came to be used to refer to nouns embodying attributes (e.g. fool, hero), as opposed to the attributes themselves (e.g. foolishness, heroism), and this is the basis of the modern use as the opposite of ‘abstract’. The noun sense ‘building material’ dates from the mid 19th century

    Definitions

    1. capable of being perceived by the senses

    Examples

    • « not abstract or imaginary »
    • « concrete objects such as trees »

    Synonyms

    • factual
    • objective
    • real
    • tangible

    Antonyms

    • abstract

See also

  • tangible
  • practical
  • real

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