concrete
/ˌkɑnˈkɹit/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.44 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Being or applying to actual things, rather than abstract qualities or categories.
adj
adj
Made of concrete (building material).
Example Sentences
- "Fuzzy videotapes and distorted sound recordings are not concrete evidence that Bigfoot exists."
- "Once arrested, I realized that handcuffs are concrete, even if my concept of what is legal wasn't."
- "l am perplexed by the superior importance which Dr, Pratt attributes to abstract trueness over concrete verifiability in an idea, and I wish that he might be moved to explain."
- "That fact I think should be leading us to explore again what our tradition has always said, that militarization is not good for us as it is not good for the rest of humanity either, and we ought to be examining what in this generation that means in the toughest, realest, concretest form, what it means for us to be struggling toward."
- "Professor Peter Crome, chair of the audit's steering group, said the report "provides further concrete evidence that the care of patients with dementia in hospital is in need of a radical shake-up". While a few hospitals had risen to the challenge of improving patients' experiences, many have not, he said. The report recommends that all staff receive basic dementia awareness training, and staffing levels should be maintained to help such patients."
- "The secretary general went on to express his concern with recent Israeli announcements to expand settlements in the occupied lands, urging them to: stop the demolitions of Palestinian homes and confiscation of Palestinian lands, address the humanitarian situation in Gaza and to take concrete steps to improve the daily lives of the Palestinian people. He also noted that all of these behaviours made more difficult the achievement of an Israel-Palestinian peace."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌkɑnˈkɹit/
- British English: /ˈkɒnkɹiːt/