concrete expression
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconcreteandexpression
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concrete
adjective
uk/ˈkɒŋ.kriːt/us/ˈkɑːn.kriːt/
clear and certain, or real and existing in a form that can be seen ...
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expression
noun
uk/ɪkˈspreʃ.ən/us/ɪkˈspreʃ.ən/
the act of saying what you think or showing how you feel using words ...
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(Definition ofconcreteandexpressionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofconcrete expression
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Nevertheless, the distinction between the abstract work and itsconcreteexpressionis influential both within and outside the field.
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We welcomed thisconcreteexpressionof international solidarity.
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This is a major step forward, to which we must now giveconcreteexpression.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Only cooperation like this will enable peace efforts to be given lasting andconcreteexpression.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
This trade policy and the agreements giving itconcreteexpressionare increasingly lacking in democratic legitimacy.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
We support involvement in voluntary activities when this is aconcreteexpressionof participatory democracy.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
They indeed comprise a wide range of actions givingconcreteexpressionto this strategic partnership.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
We must now pursue, and giveconcreteexpressionto, this dynamic approach.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
In such cases this provision gives a means for veryconcreteexpressionto be given to local community identity.
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As aconcreteexpressionof that principle, we have developed our parents' charter seting out parents' rights and responsibilities.
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It is precisely in the area of budget policy that these three basic principles need to be givenconcreteexpression.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
This new arrangement is a veryconcreteexpressionof the close co-operation which exists between the monetary authorities of our two countries.
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The extension of qualified majority voting needs to be givenconcreteexpressionin the policies in part 3 of the constitution.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The urban renewal regulation, now that it has come to fruition, is a very welcome andconcreteexpressionof that concern.
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Ideas spread most rapidly when they have found adequateconcreteexpression.
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I fear that it will mean theconcreteexpressionof an antagonism which may very easily ripen, which will almost certainly ripen as the years pass by.
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Indeed, we have recently been trying to giveconcreteexpressionto this strategy through prevention, unlike the early years of its application, when we put much more emphasis on detection.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The case makes it clear that the author is not the person who invents the ideas but is rather the person who fixes them into aconcreteexpression.
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Ororo gets drawn into the crazy carnival games, and in the firstconcreteexpressionof the story's theme, she realizes that it's wrong to waste food.
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