The developers are slowly concretizing the grass in front of the library because people will take shortcuts across the lawn.
Dictionary of american slang with examples. .
concretize — 1884, from CONCRETE (Cf. concrete) + IZE (Cf. ize). Concrete itself sometimes was used as a verb in various senses from 1630s … Etymology dictionary
concretize — (Amer.) con·cre·tize || kÉ’nkriËtaɪz v. make something concrete; make specific, make real (also concretise) … English contemporary dictionary
concretize — [kän′krē tīz΄, kän krēt′īz΄] vt. concretized, concretizing to make (something) concrete; make specific; give definite form to concretizable adj … English World dictionary
concretize — verb ( ized; izing) Date: 1884 transitive verb to make concrete, specific, or definite < tried to concretize his ideas > intransitive verb to become concrete • concretization noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
concretize — concretization, n. /kon kreuh tuyz , kong ; kon kree tuyz, kong , keuhn , keuhng /, v.t., concretized, concretizing. to make concrete, real, or particular; give tangible or definite form to: to concretize abstractions. Also, esp. Brit.,… … Universalium
concretize — con•cre•tize [[t]ˈkɒn krəˌtaɪz, ˈkɒŋ , kɒnˈkri taɪz, kɒŋ [/t]] v. t. tized, tiz•ing to make real or particular; give tangible or definite form to: to concretize abstractions[/ex] • Etymology: 1880–85 con•cret i•za′tion, n … From formal English to slang
concretize — verb To make substantial, real, or tangible; to represent or embody a concept through a particular instance or example. An essence exists if and only if it is actualized or concretized somehow, in some concrete form … Wiktionary
concretize — The process of turning all of the greenspace on the planet into parking lots, sidewalks, and roads. The developers are slowly concretizing the grass in front of the library because people will take shortcuts across the lawn … Dictionary of american slang
concretize — or concretise kɒŋkrɪtʌɪz verb make concrete instead of abstract. Derivatives concretization noun … English new terms dictionary
concretize — con·cret·ize … English syllables
