concrete
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1. concrete - Noun
2. concrete - Adjective
3. concrete - Verb
4. concrete - Adjective Satellite
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United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form.
Standing for an object as it exists in nature, invested with all its qualities, as distinguished from standing for an attribute of an object; -- opposed to abstract.
Applied to a specific object; special; particular; -- opposed to general. See Abstract, 3.
A compound or mass formed by concretion, spontaneous union, or coalescence of separate particles of matter in one body.
A mixture of gravel, pebbles, or broken stone with cement or with tar, etc., used for sidewalks, roadways, foundations, etc., and esp. for submarine structures.
A term designating both a quality and the subject in which it exists; a concrete term.
To unite or coalesce, as separate particles, into a mass or solid body.
To form into a mass, as by the cohesion or coalescence of separate particles.
To cover with, or form of, concrete, as a pavement.
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concrete the walls
concrete objects such as trees
Abandoning agreements without concrete solutions in place is dangerous for our country.
A bystander with a cell phone caught the sights and sounds of a steel crane jutting up in the air as the barge failed to clear the underside of the steel and concrete span.
"Abstract" labor refers to a characteristic of commodity -producing labor that is shared by all different kinds of heterogeneous (concrete) types of labor.
Abstraction may be exact or faithful with respect to a property if one can answer a question about the property equally well on the concrete or abstract model.