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   Ab·stract

   adjective

   • 1. existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence: "abstract concepts such as love or beauty" Similar theoreticalconceptualnotionalintellectualmetaphysicalphilosophicalacademichypotheticalspeculativeconjecturalconjecturedsuppositionalputativerare:suppositioussuppositiveideationalOpposite actualconcrete
   • ▪ dealing with ideas rather than events: "the novel was too abstract and esoteric to sustain much attention"
   • ▪ not based on a particular instance; theoretical: "we have been discussing the problem in a very abstract manner" Similar theoreticalconceptualnotionalintellectualmetaphysicalphilosophicalacademichypotheticalspeculativeconjecturalconjecturedsuppositionalputativerare:suppositioussuppositiveideationalOpposite actualconcrete
   • ▪ (of a word, especially a noun) denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object: "abstract words like truth or equality"
   • 2. relating to abstract art: "abstract pictures that look like commercial color charts" Similar nonrepresentationalnonrealisticnonpictorialsymbolicimpressionisticOpposite representational

   verb

   • 1. consider (something) theoretically or separately from something else: "to abstract science and religion from their historical context can lead to anachronism"
   • 2. extract or remove (something): "applications to abstract more water from streams" Similar extractpumpdraw (off)tapsuckwithdrawremovetake out/awayseparatedetachisolatedissociate
   • ▪ used euphemistically to say that someone has stolen something: "his pockets contained all he had been able to abstract from the apartment"
   • ▪ withdraw: "as our relationship deepened you seemed to abstract yourself"
   • 3. make a written summary of (an article or book): "staff who index and abstract material for an online database" Similar summarizewrite a summary ofprecisabridgecondensecompressshortencut downabbreviatesynopsizerare:epitomize

   noun

   • 1. a summary of the contents of a book, article, or formal speech: "an abstract of his inaugural address"
   • 2. an abstract work of art: "a big unframed abstract"
   • 3. that which is abstract; the theoretical consideration of something: "the abstract must be made concrete by examples"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Latin abstractus, literally ‘drawn away’, past participle of abstrahere, from ab- ‘from’ + trahere ‘draw off’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. abstractly adverb

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   The meaning of ABSTRACT is disassociated from any specific instance. How to use abstract in a sentence. The Crisscrossing Histories of Abstract and Extract

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   Use the adjective abstract for something that is not a material object or is general and not based on specific examples. Abstract is from a Latin word meaning "pulled away, detached," and the basic idea is of something detached from physical, or concrete, reality.

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishABSTRACT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   ABSTRACT definition: 1. existing as an idea, feeling, or quality, not as a material object: 2. An abstract argument or…. Learn more.

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   ABSTRACT meaning: 1. existing as an idea, feeling, or quality, not as a material object: 2. An abstract argument or…. Learn more.

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   Abstract definition: thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances. See examples of ABSTRACT used in a sentence.

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishABSTRACT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   An abstract idea or way of thinking is based on general ideas rather than on real things and events.

8. www.thefreedictionary.com › abstractAbstract - definition of abstract by The Free Dictionary

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   adj. 1. Considered apart from concrete existence: an abstract concept. 2. Not applied or practical; theoretical. 3. Difficult to understand; abstruse: abstract philosophical problems. 4. Denoting something that is immaterial, conceptual, or nonspecific, as an idea or quality: abstract words like truth and justice. 5.

9. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishABSTRACT | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   ABSTRACT definition: 1. relating to ideas and not real things: 2. Abstract art involves shapes and colours and not…. Learn more.

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    To consider (an idea, for example) as separate from particular examples or objects. Abstract a principle of arrangement from a series of items. American Heritage. To think of (a quality) apart from any particular instance or material object that has it; also, to form (a general idea) from particular instances.

11. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishabstract adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

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    Definition of abstract adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.