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concrete English

Meaning concrete meaning

What does concrete mean?
Definitions in simple English

concrete Noun

— Concrete is a type of mix that, when dried, hardens, often for sidewalks. Did you know that the sidewalk was made out of concrete? The project involved materials such as specialized mineral-rich soils, sands, and concretes specifically designed for this purpose. The ground is made of concrete and asphalt.

concrete Adjective

— A synonym for strong. There is no concrete evidence to say that Bill really does like salad.

concrete

— noun a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water — adjective capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary concrete objects such as trees — adjective formed by the coalescence of particles — verb cover with cement concrete the walls — verb form into a solid mass; coalesce

Synonyms concrete synonyms

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concrete English » English

tangible specific real cement solid material harden definite substantial precise massive congeal coagulate clump cake become hard ball up actual accurate visible unmovable unite tubeless to render solid tile surface stuff stucco special solidify set present positive plaster physical petrify perceptible pebbliedash paving pave particular palpable objective mortar monolithic mineralize matter materialistic massy made of concrete

Topics concrete topics

What do people use concrete to talk about?
Language and thought Communication Say True

Real
States Quality Made of, material

Hard, firm
Grammar General words Thing

Physical, non-physical

Conjugation concrete conjugation

How do you conjugate concrete?

concrete · verb

Examples concrete examples

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Simple sentences

Our plans are not yet concrete.
The warnings are clear and concrete.
Concrete can be reinforced by putting steel bars inside it.
Goodness is abstract, a kind act is concrete.
He broke up the concrete block with a hammer.
It's a pity that concrete doesn't burn.
It's a shame that concrete doesn't burn.
Money is human happiness in the abstract: he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes his heart entirely to money.
So now he landed back in the same company, but this time not in the office chair, but rather upside down on the concrete staircase.
Tom's house is made out of concrete.
Tom filled the hole with concrete.
The bulldozer smashed into the concrete, obliterating everything in its path.
Coventry is a concrete jungle full of chavs!
Benevolence is abstract, a good deed is concrete.
Tom doesn't have any concrete plans.
He says he has no concrete plans.
She says she has no concrete plans.

Movie subtitles

He just measures success in-in-in concrete terms, which is why Josh, with his career and his family, is totally winning.
Nothing concrete.
Then how do you plan on getting keen out of that concrete box?
At this moment our representative is making Mr Helius aware of our intentions in a very concrete manner.
And as they dragged him to the electric chair he clawed wildly the concrete floor with agonized shrieks.
It's a 40-foot drop, and you land on concrete.
Well, lets see, the last time I was down here, two years ago there were double railway guns east and west two twin concrete embrasures half a mile to the north one four-gun turret of shore-mounted Navys back of Hill 14.
This thing feels like a hunk of concrete inside me.
Just 26 years experience all the percentage there is, and this hunk of concrete in my stomach.
Nothing concrete, but his voice is wonderful.
The long trip was practically over, and there'd be no more hoofing it down the concrete.
We've got hold of something concrete for a change.
It's like beating your head against a concrete wall.
And furthermore the defense has yet to offer one concrete piece of evidence to substantiate this claim.
A dam is something you put a lot of concrete in, and it doesn't matter how much you put in, there's always room for a lot more.
And any time you're afraid it's finished, you find a crack in it and you put some more concrete.
Concrete.
They will need something more concrete to surrender their beloved assassin.
Wrapped in concrete.
We're practically wrapped in concrete now.
Well, that makes the deal as solid as concrete.
I've got to get to a drugstore. This thing feels like a hunk of concrete inside me.
Just 26 years experience. all the percentage there is, and this hunk cf concrete in my stomach.
You need something concrete.
You're a block of concrete.
Underneath is a concrete basement, where he married Eva Braun and where they killed themselves.
Manhattan, glistening modern giant of concrete and steel reaching to the heavens and cradling in its arms 7 millions.
Then how do you plan on getting Keen out of that concrete box?
For the walls I would recommend precast concrete blocks- plain and molded on alternate courses.
Just 26 years experience. all the percentage there is, and this hunk of concrete in my stomach.
Oh, yes, they've been very fair about that, apart from trying to sell me their concrete foundations.
He uses water-tight concrete collars instead of bricks.
The cover must be of durable concrete.
The Americans laid down some concrete. Even there, you can't slow down. No time to speed up again.
On that concrete block, I bet.
There's concrete proof against you.
Concrete music.
Concrete music?
Nothing concrete happened that day either.

News and current affairs

The concrete sarcophagus built over the destroyed reactor must be renovated.
But the concrete policies needed to realize this aim are not, since reforming the welfare state and labor markets means more competition, which scares many citizens.
Only when we understand this can we develop appropriate and concrete policies.
They are also often more focused on the plight of actual people than on the promotion of grand principles, preferring concrete progress to abstract victory.
So a more concrete undertaking, one that preserves South Korea's bedrock security concerns, is needed.
Economists would rather talk about interest rates or unemployment statistics - factors that are concrete and knowable.
The Swedish EU Presidency will concentrate on starting up the concrete work - the nuts and bolts - of the Partnership.
But the European Council also created a Task Force under President Herman Van Rompuy to elaborate concrete proposals for reforming the monetary union.
Under Wolfensohn, the World Bank followed through on this comprehensive and coordinated approach in a concrete fashion, making significant inroads into global poverty.
But, to lawyers like the ICC prosecutor, the abstract claims of justice are more vivid than any concrete duty of protection.
Good times - and these are good times for the global economy - are rarely the moment for concrete initiatives to deal with difficult problems.
The IMF's head, the Spaniard Rodrigo Rato, rightly insists that China, the US, Japan, Europe, and the major oil exporters (now the world's biggest source of new capital) all take concrete steps towards alleviating the risk of a crisis.
Instead, they have concrete demands, like jobs and political and social freedom.
It is a practice of acknowledgement, empathic imagination, witnessing, responsibility, solidarity, and the most concrete forms of assistance.
CAMBRIDGE - In 2000, 189 countries collectively adopted the United Nations Millennium Declaration, which evolved into a set of concrete targets called the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Any effort that is concrete and implementable needs to monitor the results, and setting clear numerical targets is the best way to do so.
Once they resolve to continue their alliance with these purposes in mind, it should be possible for responsible officials to work out guiding principles for concrete security cooperation.
We need to take concrete steps now so that we are prepared to implement a no-fly zone immediately if Qaddafi starts using his airpower to kill large numbers of civilians.
The dark skies over the northern Russian coast in Leviathan look ravishing, and Jia even manages to make the concrete and glass jungle of Shenzhen, the monster city between Guangzhou and Hong Kong, look gorgeous.
Here, if all the expressions of good feeling cannot be made concrete, an incomparable opportunity to recast Sino-US relations around the issue of climate change will have been lost.
A meeting between Abe and Xi - their first since either came to power - would offer concrete grounds for hope.

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