concrete

adj.真实的;adj.详细的,

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
concrete (adjective)
1.
naming a real thing or class of things - the word poem is concrete, poetry is abstract
2.
formed by coalition of particles into one solid mass
3.
a) characterized by or belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events
b) - specific particular a concrete proposal
c) - real tangible concrete evidence
4.
relating to or made of concrete - a concrete wall
concrete (verb)
transitive verb
1.
a) to form into a solid mass - solidify
b) - combine blend
2.
to make actual or real cause to take on the qualities of reality
3.
intransitive verb
to cover with, form of, or set in concrete to become - concreted
concrete (noun)
1.
a mass formed by or coalescence of separate particles of matter in one body - concretion
2.
a hard strong building material made by mixing a cementing material (as portland cement) and a mineral aggregate (as sand and gravel) with sufficient water to cause the cement to set and bind the entire mass
3.
a waxy essence of flowers prepared by extraction and evaporation and used in perfumery
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
concrete (adjective)
1.
existing in fact and not merely as a possibility
SYNONYMS:
concrete, de facto, effective, existent, factual, genuine, real, sure-enough, true, very
RELATED WORDS:
attested, authenticated, confirmed, demonstrated, established, proven, substantiated, valid, validated, verified; incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, inescapable, irrefutable, undeniable, unquestionable; believable, convincing, literal, realistic, unmistakable, verifiable; authentic, bona fide, real-life, real-world; absolute, certain, final, hard, objective, palpable, positive, substantial, tangible; authoritative, certifiable, certified
NEAR ANTONYMS:
alleged, assumed, reputed, supposed; conceived, envisaged, envisioned, imagined, pictured, visualized; chimerical ( chimeric), fabled, fanciful, fictional, fictitious, illusory, legendary; fabricated, fake, imaginary, invented, made-up, make-believe, pretend, romantic; abstract, symbolic, unreal; virtual
conjectural, hypothetical, ideal, inexistent, nonexistent, platonic, possible, potential, suppositional, theoretical ( theoretic)
concrete (adjective)
2.
relating to or composed of matter
SYNONYMS:
concrete, physical, substantial
RELATED WORDS:
bodily, carnal, corporal, corporeal, embodied, fleshly; apparent, appreciable, detectable, discernible ( discernable), noticeable, observable, palpable, perceptible, seeable, sensible, tangible, touchable, visible; objective, phenomenal; bulky, heavy, hefty, massive, ponderous, solid, weighty
NEAR ANTONYMS:
bodiless, discarnate, disembodied, formless, incorporeal, unbodied; ethereal, insubstantial, unsubstantial; impalpable, imperceptible, insensible, intangible, invisible, unnoticeable; airy, diaphanous, gossamery, tenuous, thin, vaporous, wispish; metaphysical, spiritual
immaterial, nonmaterial, nonphysical
concrete (adjective)
3.
of a particular or exact sort
SYNONYMS:
concrete, distinct, especial, peculiar, precise, set, special, specific
RELATED WORDS:
lone, only, separate, single, sole, solitary; distinctive, exclusive, individual, unique; limited, restricted; differentiated, specialized; given, specified
NEAR ANTONYMS:
general, generalized, generic, nonexclusive, universal
nonspecific
concrete (verb)
1.
to become physically firm or solid
SYNONYMS:
concrete, congeal, firm (up), freeze, indurate, set, solidify
RELATED WORDS:
cake, callus, encrust ( incrust); clot, coagulate, gel, gelate, gelatinize, jell, jelly, stiffen, thicken; calcify, crystallize ( crystalize), ossify, petrify, rigidify; anneal, case-harden, temper
NEAR ANTONYMS:
deliquesce, dissolve, flux, fuse, melt, smelt, thaw, unfreeze
liquefy ( liquify), soften
concrete (verb)
2.
to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout
SYNONYMS:
amalgamate, combine, comingle, commingle, commix, composite, concrete, conflate, fuse, homogenize, immingle, immix, incorporate, integrate, interfuse, intermingle, intermix, meld, merge, mingle, mix
RELATED WORDS:
add, admix, beat (in), cut in, fold, stir, toss; coalesce, compound, emulsify; conjoin, join, knit, link, unite; intertwine, interweave, weave
NEAR ANTONYMS:
cleave, disjoin, disunite, divide, divorce, part, rupture, sever, sunder; disperse, dissolve, scatter; detach, disengage, split
break down, break up, separate, unmix
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