{
    "term": "concrete",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "made of concrete",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a concrete floor"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Physics and chemistry", "Buildings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "based on facts, not on ideas or guesses",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**concrete evidence/proposals/proof**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘It's only a suspicion,’ she said, ‘nothing concrete.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is easier to think **in concrete terms** rather than in the abstract."
                },
                {
                    "text": "By the end of the meeting some fairly concrete proposals had been put forward."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is an urban tragedy that needs concrete action, not just concern."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a concrete object is one that you can see and feel",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɒŋkriːt/",
                "audio": "xc/concrete/xconcrete__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɑːnkriːt/",
                "audio": "xc/concrete/xconcrete__us_4.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kɑːnˈkriːt/",
                "audio": "xc/concrete/xconcrete__us_5.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘solidified’): from French concret or Latin concretus, past participle of concrescere ‘grow together’. The noun sense ‘building material’ dates from the mid 19th cent."
}