concrete reality

collocation in English

meaningsofconcreteandreality

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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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reality
noun
uk
/riˈæl.ə.ti/us
/riˈæl.ə.t̬i/
the state of things as they are, rather than as they are imagined ...
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(Definition ofconcreteandrealityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Actually, stories of wealthy individuals attaining political office are theconcreterealitybehind the feast cliche!
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What can be questioned in subsequent investigations is its "sufficiency" in providing an explanation of specific slices ofconcretereality.
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On the other hand, they sometimes simply seem to be seeking a pragmatic and fair conflict solution in order to regulate theconcreterealityof people's lives.
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The image no longer has the status of a stand-in or a more or less faithful substitute forconcretereality, but consists in an original, heuristic grasp thereof.
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All the speaking in the world is not an atom of good unless it is translated intoconcreterealityand results in action.
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I like the way he avoidedconcretereality.
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We must now turn those ideas intoconcretereality.
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We have an opportunity to translate talk intoconcreterealitywhen we are given a position of responsibility.
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The challenge for the new government is to maintain its coherence and to translate its aspirations, its ambitious programme, intoconcretereality.
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There is, therefore, much that is encouraging, but warm words and good intentions must translate intoconcreterealityif they are to mean anything.
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The real reader is aconcreterealityand determines the writer's purpose and persona.
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Literature focused on self-discovery, and increasingly onconcretereality.
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His experience of aconcreterealityis always supported by a delicate base.
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The mirror turnsconcreterealityinto an immaterial image by establishing new relationships between things.
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It is a figment of thought that has noconcretereality, neither now nor in the future.
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