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Concrete Definition

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English

Etymology

From Latin concretus, past participle of concrescere (com- + crescere).

Pronunciation

Adjective

concrete (comparative more concrete, superlative most concrete)

  1. Particular, perceivable, real.
    Fuzzy videotapes and distorted sound recordings are not concrete evidence that bigfoot exists.
  2. Not abstract.
    Once arrested, I realized that handcuffs are concrete, even if my concept of what is legal wasn’t.
  3. Made of concrete building material.
    The office building had concrete flower boxes out front.

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Antonyms

Noun

Wikipedia has an article on: Concrete

Wikipedia concrete (uncountable)

  1. A building material created by mixing Portland cement, water, and aggregate including gravel and sand.
    The road was made of concrete that had been poured in large slabs.

Translations

building material

Verb

to concrete (third-person singular simple present concretes, present participle concreting, simple past and past participle concreted)

  1. To cover with or encase in concrete; often constructed as concrete over.
    I hate grass, so I concreted over my lawn.
  2. To solidify.
    Josie’s plans began concreting once she fixed a date for the wedding.

Translations

cover with concrete
solidify
  • Bulgarian: конкретизирам се bg(bg)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: trad. 凝結, simpl. 凝结 (níngjié)
  • Danish: størkne da(da), blive hård da(da), blive konkret da(da), konkretisere da(da)
  • Dutch: concretiseren nl(nl), concreet nl(nl) worden nl(nl), vorm nl(nl) aannemen nl(nl)
  • Finnish: konkretisoitua fi(fi)
  • French: concréter (old)

Derived terms

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Dutch

Adjective

concrete

  1. The inflected formFAQ of concreet.

Anagrams


Italian

Adjective

concrete pl.

  1. Feminine form of concreto.

Spanish

Verb

concrete (infinitive concretar)

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of concretar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of concretar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of concretar.

 

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