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con⋅crete

  [kon-kreet, kong-, kon-kreet, kong- for 1–15, 10, 13, 14; kon-kreet, kong- for 11, 12] adjective, noun, verb, -cret⋅ed, -cret⋅ing.
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–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 concrētus (ptp. of concrēscere to grow together), equiv. to con- con- + crē- (s. of crēscere to grow, increase; see -esce ) + -tus ptp. ending

Related forms:
con⋅crete⋅ly, adverb
con⋅crete⋅ness, noun
con⋅cre⋅tive, adjective
con⋅cre⋅tive⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. solid, factual, substantial.

Antonyms:
1, 2. abstract.
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con·crete   (kŏn-krēt', kŏng-, kŏn'krēt', kŏng'-)   
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to an actual, specific thing or instance; particular: had the concrete evidence needed to convict.

  2. Existing in reality or in real experience; perceptible by the senses; real: concrete objects such as trees.

  3. Formed by the coalescence of separate particles or parts into one mass; solid.

  4. Made of hard, strong, conglomerate construction material.

n.   (kŏn'krēt', kŏng'-, kŏn-krēt', kŏng-)

  1. A hard, strong construction material consisting of sand, conglomerate gravel, pebbles, broken stone, or slag in a mortar or cement matrix.

  2. A mass formed by the coalescence of particles.

v.   (kŏn'krēt', kŏng'-, kŏn-krēt', kŏng-) con·cret·ed, con·cret·ing, con·cretes

v.   tr.

  1. To build, treat, or cover with hard, strong conglomerate construction material.

  2. To form into a mass by coalescence or cohesion of particles or parts.

v.   intr.
To harden; solidify.

[Middle English concret, from Latin concrētus, past participle of concrēscere, to grow together, harden : com-, com- + crēscere, to grow; see ker-2 in Indo-European roots.]
con·crete'ly adv., con·crete'ness n.
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Word Origin & History

concrete  (adj.)
1471, from L. concretus, pp. of concrescere "to grow together," from com- "together" + crescere "to grow" (see crescent). A logicians' term until meaning began to expand 1600s. Noun sense of "building material made from cement, etc." is first recorded 1834.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

concrete con·crete (kŏn-krēt', kŏn'krēt')
adj.

  1. Relating to an actual, specific thing or instance; particular.

  2. Existing in reality or in real experience; perceptible by the senses; real.

  3. Relating to a material thing or group of things as opposed to an abstraction.

  4. Formed by the coalescence of separate particles or parts into one mass; solid.

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