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adjective
1.
thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances: an abstract idea.
2.
3.
theoretical; not applied or practical: abstract science.
4.
difficult to understand; abstruse: abstract speculations.
5.
Fine Arts.
a.
of or pertaining to the formal aspect of art, emphasizing lines, colors, generalized or geometrical forms, etc., especially with reference to their relationship to one another.
b.
(often initial capital letter) pertaining to the nonrepresentational art styles of the 20th century.
noun
6.
a summary of a text, scientific article, document, speech, etc.; epitome.
7.
something that concentrates in itself the essential qualities of anything more extensive or more general, or of several things; essence.
8.
an idea or term considered apart from some material basis or object.
9.
an abstract work of art.
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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verb (used with object)
Idioms10.
to draw or take away; remove.
11.
to divert or draw away the attention of.
12.
to steal.
13.
to consider as a general quality or characteristic apart from specific objects or instances: to abstract the notions of time, space, and matter.
14.
to make an abstract of; summarize.
15.
abstract away from, to omit from consideration.
16.
in the abstract, without reference to a specific object or instance; in theory: beauty in the abstract.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English: withdrawn from worldly interests < Latin abstractus drawn off (past participle of abstrahere). See abs-, tract1
1400–50; late Middle English: withdrawn from worldly interests < Latin abstractus drawn off (past participle of abstrahere). See abs-, tract1
Related forms
ab·stract·er, noun
ab·stract·ly, adverb
ab·stract·ness, noun
non·ab·stract, adjective, noun
non·ab·stract·ly, adverb
EXPANDnon·ab·stract·ness, noun
o·ver·ab·stract, verb (used with object), adjective
pre·ab·stract, adjective
su·per·ab·stract, adjective
su·per·ab·stract·ly, adverb
su·per·ab·stract·ness, noun
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