concretest

Adjective

concrete (comparative concreter, superlative concretest)

1. Real, actual, tangible.
   • Fuzzy videotapes and distorted sound recordings are not concrete evidence that Bigfoot exists.
   1. Analogous to the categories of algebraic objects which category theory was created to generalize, in the sense of having objects which can be thought of as sets equipped with some additional structure. Formally, equipped with a faithful functor to the category of sets.
   2. (broadly, topos theory) Equipped with a faithful functor to X (called a base category), in which case C is called a concrete category over X.
2. Being or applying to actual things, rather than abstract qualities or categories.
   • Concrete Terms, while they expreſs the Quality, do alſo either expreſs, or imply, or refer to ſome Subject to which it belongs; as white, round, long, broad, wiſe, mortal, living, dead.1725, Isaac Watts, Logick: Or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth, […], 2nd edition, London: […] John Clark and Richard Hett, […], Emanuel Matthews, […], and Richard Ford, […]...

   Antonyms:

   intangible, abstract

3. Particular, specific, rather than general.
   • While everyone else offered thoughts and prayers, she made a concrete proposal to help.

   Synonyms:

   discrete, individual, particular, peculiar, proper, singular, specific

   Antonyms:

   catholic, common, ecumenical, general, generic, nonsingular, nonspecific, universal, unparticular, unsingular

4. (not comparable) Made of concrete (building material).
   • The office building had concrete flower boxes out front.

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