ALL meanings of concreteness
con·crete
C c - noun concreteness (uncountable) the state of being concrete. 1
- adjective concreteness constituting an actual thing or instance; real: a concrete proof of his sincerity. 1
- adjective concreteness pertaining to or concerned with realities or actual instances rather than abstractions; particular (opposed to general): concrete ideas. 1
- adjective concreteness representing or applied to an actual substance or thing, as opposed to an abstract quality: The words “cat,” “water,” and “teacher” are concrete, whereas the words “truth,” “excellence,” and “adulthood” are abstract. 1
- adjective concreteness made of concrete: a concrete pavement. 1
- adjective concreteness formed by coalescence of separate particles into a mass; united in a coagulated, condensed, or solid mass or state. 1
- noun concreteness an artificial, stonelike material used for various structural purposes, made by mixing cement and various aggregates, as sand, pebbles, gravel, or shale, with water and allowing the mixture to harden. Compare reinforced concrete. 1
- noun concreteness any of various other artificial building or paving materials, as those containing tar. 1
- noun concreteness a concrete idea or term; a word or notion having an actual or existent thing or instance as its referent. 1
- noun concreteness a mass formed by coalescence or concretion of particles of matter. 1
- verb with object concreteness to treat or lay with concrete: to concrete a sidewalk. 1
- verb with object concreteness to form into a mass by coalescence of particles; render solid. 1
- verb with object concreteness to make real, tangible, or particular. 1
- verb without object concreteness to coalesce into a mass; become solid; harden. 1
- verb without object concreteness to use or apply concrete. 1
- idioms concreteness set / cast in concrete, to put (something) in final form; finalize so as to prevent change or reversal: The basic agreement sets in concrete certain policies. 1
- noun concreteness (Countable Noun) the result of being concrete. 0