- 1 made of concrete a concrete floor See related entries: Materials and properties, Construction
- 2 based on facts, not on ideas or guesses concrete evidence/proposals/proof ‘It's only a suspicion,’ she said, ‘nothing concrete.’ It is easier to think in concrete terms rather than in the abstract. compare abstract
- 3a concrete object is one that you can see and feel Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘solidified’): from French concret or Latin concretus, past participle of concrescere ‘grow together’. The noun sense ‘building material’ dates from the mid 19th cent.Extra examples ‘It’s only a suspicion,’ she said, ‘nothing concrete.’ By the end of the meeting some fairly concrete proposals had been put forward. This is an urban tragedy that needs concrete action, not just concern.
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BrE BrE//ˈkɒŋkriːt//; NAmE NAmE//ˈkɑːŋkriːt//
Materials and properties, ConstructionCheck pronunciation: concrete
