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con·crete /ˈkɒnkrit, ˈkɒŋ-, kɒnˈkrit, kɒŋ- for 1–15, 10, 13, 14; kɒnˈkrit, kɒŋ- for 11, 12/ [kon-
kreet, kong-, kon-kreet, kong- for 1–15, 10, 13, 14; kon-kreet, kong- for 11, 12] Pronunciation
Key - Show IPA Pronunciation adjective, noun, verb, -cret·ed, -cret·ing.
–adjective
1. constituting an actual thing or instance; real: a concrete proof of his sincerity.
2. pertaining to or concerned with realities or actual instances rather than abstractions;
particular (opposed to general): concrete ideas.
3. representing or applied to an actual substance or thing, as opposed to an abstract quality:
The words “cat,” “water,” and “teacher” are concrete, whereas the words “truth,” “excellence,”
and “adulthood” are abstract.
4. made of concrete: a concrete pavement.
5. formed by coalescence of separate particles into a mass; united in a coagulated,
condensed, or solid mass or state.
–noun
6. an artificial, stonelike material used for various structural purposes, made by mixing
cement and various aggregates, as sand, pebbles, gravel, or shale, with water and allowing the
mixture to harden. Compare reinforced concrete.
7. any of various other artificial building or paving materials, as those containing tar.
8. a concrete idea or term; a word or notion having an actual or existent thing or instance as
its referent.
9. a mass formed by coalescence or concretion of particles of matter.
–verb (used with object)
10. to treat or lay with concrete: to concrete a sidewalk.
11. to form into a mass by coalescence of particles; render solid.
12. to make real, tangible, or particular.
–verb (used without object)
13. to coalesce into a mass; become solid; harden.
14. to use or apply concrete.
—Idiom
15. set or cast in concrete, to put (something) in final form; finalize so as to prevent change
or reversal: The basic agreement sets in concrete certain policies.
[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME concret < L concrétus (ptp. of concréscere to grow together),
equiv. to con- con- + cré- (s. of créscere to grow, increase; see -esce) + -tus ptp. ending]
kreet, kong-, kon-kreet, kong- for 1–15, 10, 13, 14; kon-kreet, kong- for 11, 12] Pronunciation
Key - Show IPA Pronunciation adjective, noun, verb, -cret·ed, -cret·ing.
–adjective
1. constituting an actual thing or instance; real: a concrete proof of his sincerity.
2. pertaining to or concerned with realities or actual instances rather than abstractions;
particular (opposed to general): concrete ideas.
3. representing or applied to an actual substance or thing, as opposed to an abstract quality:
The words “cat,” “water,” and “teacher” are concrete, whereas the words “truth,” “excellence,”
and “adulthood” are abstract.
4. made of concrete: a concrete pavement.
5. formed by coalescence of separate particles into a mass; united in a coagulated,
condensed, or solid mass or state.
–noun
6. an artificial, stonelike material used for various structural purposes, made by mixing
cement and various aggregates, as sand, pebbles, gravel, or shale, with water and allowing the
mixture to harden. Compare reinforced concrete.
7. any of various other artificial building or paving materials, as those containing tar.
8. a concrete idea or term; a word or notion having an actual or existent thing or instance as
its referent.
9. a mass formed by coalescence or concretion of particles of matter.
–verb (used with object)
10. to treat or lay with concrete: to concrete a sidewalk.
11. to form into a mass by coalescence of particles; render solid.
12. to make real, tangible, or particular.
–verb (used without object)
13. to coalesce into a mass; become solid; harden.
14. to use or apply concrete.
—Idiom
15. set or cast in concrete, to put (something) in final form; finalize so as to prevent change
or reversal: The basic agreement sets in concrete certain policies.
[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME concret < L concrétus (ptp. of concréscere to grow together),
equiv. to con- con- + cré- (s. of créscere to grow, increase; see -esce) + -tus ptp. ending]
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