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concrete

Main Entry:: ¹con·crete
Pronunciation:: \(ˌ)kän-ˈkrēt, ˈkän-ˌ, kən-ˈ\
Function:: adjective
Etymology:: Middle English, from Latin concretus, from past participle of concrescere
Date:: 14th century

1: naming a real thing or class of things <the word poem is concrete, poetry is abstract>2: formed by coalition of particles into one solid mass3 a: characterized by or belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events b: specific , particular <a concrete proposal> c: real , tangible <concrete evidence>4: relating to or made of concrete <a concrete wall>

— con·crete·ly adverb

— con·crete·ness noun

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