Concrete

/ˈkɒnkɹiːt/ · adjective

Meaning

Real, actual, tangible..

Definitions by Sense

1. Real, actual, tangible.
2. Being or applying to actual things, rather than abstract qualities or categories.
3. Particular, specific, rather than general.
4. (not comparable) Made of concrete (building material).
5. (obsolete) Made up of separate parts; composite.
6. (obsolete) Not liquid or fluid; solid.
7. (countable, uncountable) A building material created by mixing cement, water, and aggregate such as gravel and sand.
8. (logic) A term designating both a quality and the subject in which it exists; a concrete term.

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.

American intelligence officials have long said privately that Huawei has so-called back doors that could allow the company to obtain data that flows on the networks they build and maintain. But publicly, officials have spoken mostly about the potential that Huawei could provide Chinese officials with access to all kinds of data, without offering concrete proof.

Mr. Thaler challenged the decision in federal court, arguing that human authorship is not a concrete legal requirement and allowing AI copyrights would be in line with copyright's purpose as outlined in the U.S. constitution to "promote the progress of science and useful arts."

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• concreter
• concretest
• concretes
• concreting
• concreted

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