Meaning of "concrete" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CONCRETE

From Latin concrētus grown together, hardened, from concrēscere.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CONCRETE

concrete  [ˈkɒnkriːt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONCRETE

Concrete is a verb and can also act as a noun and an adjective.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb concrete in English.

WHAT DOES CONCRETE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Concrete

Concrete is a composite material composed of water, coarse granular material embedded in a hard matrix of material that fills the space among the aggregate particles and glues them together. Famous concrete structures include the Hoover Dam, the Panama Canal and the Roman Pantheon. The earliest large-scale users of concrete technology were the ancient Romans, and concrete was widely used in the Roman Empire. The Colosseum in Rome was built largely of concrete, and the concrete dome of the Pantheon is the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome. After the Roman Empire collapsed, use of concrete became rare until the technology was re-pioneered in the mid-18th century. Today, concrete is the most widely used man-made material.

Definition of concrete in the English dictionary

The first definition of concrete in the dictionary is a construction material made of a mixture of cement, sand, stone, and water that hardens to a stonelike mass. Other definition of concrete is a rigid mass formed by the coalescence of separate particles. Concrete is also relating to a particular instance or object; specific as opposed to general.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CONCRETE

PRESENT

Present

I concrete

you concrete

he/she/it concretes

we concrete

you concrete

they concrete

Present continuous

I am concreting

you are concreting

he/she/it is concreting

we are concreting

you are concreting

they are concreting

Present perfect

I have concreted

you have concreted

he/she/it has concreted

we have concreted

you have concreted

they have concreted

Present perfect continuous

I have been concreting

you have been concreting

he/she/it has been concreting

we have been concreting

you have been concreting

they have been concreting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I concreted

you concreted

he/she/it concreted

we concreted

you concreted

they concreted

Past continuous

I was concreting

you were concreting

he/she/it was concreting

we were concreting

you were concreting

they were concreting

Past perfect

I had concreted

you had concreted

he/she/it had concreted

we had concreted

you had concreted

they had concreted

Past perfect continuous

I had been concreting

you had been concreting

he/she/it had been concreting

we had been concreting

you had been concreting

they had been concreting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will concrete

you will concrete

he/she/it will concrete

we will concrete

you will concrete

they will concrete

Future continuous

I will be concreting

you will be concreting

he/she/it will be concreting

we will be concreting

you will be concreting

they will be concreting

Future perfect

I will have concreted

you will have concreted

he/she/it will have concreted

we will have concreted

you will have concreted

they will have concreted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been concreting

you will have been concreting

he/she/it will have been concreting

we will have been concreting

you will have been concreting

they will have been concreting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would concrete

you would concrete

he/she/it would concrete

we would concrete

you would concrete

they would concrete

Conditional continuous

I would be concreting

you would be concreting

he/she/it would be concreting

we would be concreting

you would be concreting

they would be concreting

Conditional perfect

I would have concrete

you would have concrete

he/she/it would have concrete

we would have concrete

you would have concrete

they would have concrete

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been concreting

you would have been concreting

he/she/it would have been concreting

we would have been concreting

you would have been concreting

they would have been concreting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you concrete
we let´s concrete
you concrete

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to concrete

Past participle

concreted

Present Participle

concreting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «CONCRETE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «concrete» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of concrete

actual · cement · clear-cut · concretion · definite · explicit · factual · material · precise · real · sensible · specific · substantial · tangible · unambiguous · unequivocal

TRANSLATION OF CONCRETE

Find out the translation of concrete to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of concrete from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «concrete» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 混凝土
• Translator English - Spanish: hormigón
• English: concrete
• Translator English - Hindi: कंक्रीट
• Translator English - Arabic: خَرَسَانَة
• Translator English - Russian: бетон
• Translator English - Portuguese: concreto
• Translator English - Bengali: জমাটবদ্ধ
• Translator English - French: concret
• Translator English - Malay: Konkrit
• Translator English - German: Beton
• Translator English - Japanese: コンクリート
• Translator English - Korean: 콘크리트
• Translator English - Javanese: Konkrit
• Translator English - Vietnamese: bê tông
• Translator English - Tamil: கான்கிரீட்
• Translator English - Marathi: ठोस
• Translator English - Turkish: beton
• Translator English - Italian: cemento
• Translator English - Polish: beton
• Translator English - Ukrainian: бетон
• Translator English - Romanian: beton
• Translator English - Greek: σκυρόδεμα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: beton
• Translator English - Swedish: betong
• Translator English - Norwegian: konkret gjenstand

10 QUOTES WITH «CONCRETE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word concrete.

1

Hawa Abdi

I have big hope for the Canadian government to help Somalia with something concrete and tangible. I haven't seen that.

2

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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3

Cristela Alonzo

There aren't any concrete steps to becoming a comic.

4

Tadao Ando

In the West there has always been the attempt to try make the religious building, whether it's a Medieval or Renaissance church, an eternal object for the celebration of God. The material chosen, such as stone, brick, or concrete, is meant to eternally preserve what is inside.

5

Hayley Atwell

I think it's always easier to play parts that you have something concrete that you can relate to.

6

Ibrahim Babangida

But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every available opportunity for success and concrete achievement.

7

Greg Behrendt

I think probably - I think, you know, when you're first dating somebody, if they're just not that physical with you, if they don't want to make concrete plans with you, you know, if they're sort of ambiguous about where everything is going, I think that's a pretty good sign that they're not into you.

8

Jorge Luis Borges

Art always opts for the individual, the concrete; art is not Platonic.

9

Herb Caen

A city is a crazy concrete jungle whose people at the end of each day somehow make a small step ahead against terrible odds.

10

Salvador Dali

We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONCRETE»

Discover the use of concrete in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to concrete and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Concrete Construction Engineering Handbook

The first edition of this comprehensive work quickly filled the need for an in-depth handbook on concrete construction engineering and technology.

Edward G. Nawy, 2008

Making Concrete Garden Ornaments

Create everything in concrete from bookends to a venetian bench.

Sherri Warner Hunter, 2001

Concrete: The Vision of a New Architecture

Published in 1959 and out of print since 1975, this new edition of Concrete includes a foreword by Kenneth Frampton, a scholarly introduction by Réjean Legault, and several additional essays on Perret by Peter Collins.

Peter Collins, 2004

Concrete: Microstructure, Properties, and Materials

The Third Edition of Concrete: Microstructure, Properties, and Materials offers a three-part approach, beginning with a section on the microstructure and properties of hardened concrete, followed by a several chapters on concrete-making ...

P. Mehta, Paulo J. M. Monteiro, 2005

Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete (ACI ...

The Commentary is provided for this purpose. Some of the considerations of the committee in developing the Code portion are discussed within the Commentary, with emphasis given to the explanation of new or revised provisions.

ACI Committee 318, 2008

Engineered Concrete: Mix Design and Test Methods, Second Edition

Solidly researched and written, the book supplies a fundamental understanding of cement, concrete, and mixing and testing methods that allow readers to produce the most economical combinations of concrete materials and satisfy performance ...

Irving Kett, 2009

Creative Concrete Ornaments for the Garden: Making Pots, ...

Make beautiful garden projects and see concrete in an exciting new light. Once you learn how easy it is to work with concrete, and the incredible results you can achieve, you'll want to explore its creative potential.

Sherri Warner Hunter, 2005

The Concrete Dragon: China's Urban Revolution and What it ...

Discusses the staggering urban growth taking place in China, exploring the factors and inspirations behind it, the speed of urban migration, and how the resulting changes will affect the country and the world.

Thomas J. Campanella, 2008

Concrete Admixtures Handbook, 2nd Ed.: Properties, Science ...

Eight new chapters and a full update of the preceding ten chapters bring this book up to date; reflecting the relative advances made in the science and technology of different groups of admixtures.

V.S. Ramachandran, 1996

Concrete Countertops: Design, Forms, and Finishes for the ...

When it comes to concrete counter- tops or similar pieces, we need to concern ourselves with only three kinds of cement: Type II and Type III cements and white cement. • Type II cement is more suitable than Type I cement for pieces such as ...

Fu Tung Cheng, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONCRETE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term concrete is used in the context of the following news items.

NI coast could become 'rimmed in concrete'

An over-reliance on sea defences means much of Northern Ireland's coastline risks becoming “rimmed in concrete”, experts have warned. «U.TV, Jul 15»

Greek debt crisis: No 'concrete proposal' from Greece at eurozone …

Greece has not come up with a "concrete proposal" at a meeting of eurozone finance ministers, according to the Maltese prime minister, despite ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»

Government forms legal team to prepare claims to Skanska on …

The government has assembled a legal team and is preparing to send legal letters to Skanska in connection with the weak concrete found at ... «Times of Malta, Jul 15»

Development financing conference to agree 'concrete' action on …

ILO says while many countries are moving towards more fiscal consolidation and less social expenditures, several developing countries are ... «UN News Centre, Jul 15»

City denies Mimico concrete company easement relocation

The city has denied a Mimico concrete batching company adjacent to a residential neighbourhood consent to relocate Metrolinx's easement on ... «insideTORONTO.com, Jul 15»

Massive concrete pour underway at Port of Gulfport

A massive concrete pour is underway at the Port of Gulfport. Workers are building 15 new storage silos for Chemours, formerly known as ... «WLOX, Jul 15»

Judge orders NYC concrete workers back to work after 3-day strike …

According to a report from Crain's New York Business, work was stopped for three days at the NYC sites when concrete workers belonging to ... «Equipment World Magazine, Jul 15»

Virtual academy gets concrete results

In the past six years, more than 250 students who weren't finding success in traditional schools have earned high school or general education ... «Port Huron Times Herald, Jul 15»

Tired of waiting for construction? Someday our roads might fix …

The University of Michigan civil and environmental engineering professor has invented self-healing concrete. It can bend, and if it cracks, it can ... «Michigan Radio, Jul 15»

DARK HORSE Signs Overall TV Deal, UMBRELLA ACADEMY …

The initial projects from this deal are reportedly adaptations of Umbrella Academy, Concrete, Harrow County and an unproduced movie script ... «Newsarama, Jul 15»