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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ab•stract /adj. æbˈstrækt, ˈæbstrækt; n. ˈæbstrækt;
v. æbˈstrækt/USA pronunciation adj. - thought of apart from concrete realities or specific objects:an abstract idea.
- (of a word) describing a quality or idea apart from any specific object or instance:an abstract word like justice.
- difficult to understand;
abstruse:an abstract theory. - Fine Art(of art) emphasizing line, color, and shape rather than specific objects or forms.
n. [countable] - a summary of a text, technical article, speech, etc:Please include a 250-word abstract of the paper.
v. [ ~ + object (+ from)] - to make a summary of or from (a piece of writing, a speech, etc.);
summarize:abstracted the main points from the essay.
Idioms- Idioms in the abstract, without reference to a specific object or instance;
in theory:He understood the idea in the abstract.
ab•stract•ly, adv. ab•stract•ness, n. [uncountable]See -trac-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ab•stract (adj. ab strakt′, ab′strakt;n. ab′strakt;
v. ab strakt′ for 11–14, ab′strakt for 15),USA pronunciation adj. - thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances:an abstract idea.
- expressing a quality or characteristic apart from any specific object or instance, as justice, poverty, and speed.
- theoretical;
not applied or practical:abstract science. - difficult to understand;
abstruse:abstract speculations. - Fine Art
- of or pertaining to the formal aspect of art, emphasizing lines, colors, generalized or geometrical forms, etc., esp. with reference to their relationship to one another.
- (often cap.) pertaining to the nonrepresentational art styles of the 20th century.
n. - a summary of a text, scientific article, document, speech, etc.;
epitome. - something that concentrates in itself the essential qualities of anything more extensive or more general, or of several things;
essence. - an idea or term considered apart from some material basis or object.
- Fine Artan abstract work of art.
- in the abstract, without reference to a specific object or instance;
in theory:beauty in the abstract.
v.t. - to draw or take away;
remove. - to divert or draw away the attention of.
- to steal.
- to consider as a general quality or characteristic apart from specific objects or instances:to abstract the notions of time, space, and matter.
- to make an abstract of;
summarize. - abstract away from, to omit from consideration.
- Latin abstractus drawn off (past participle of abstrahere). See abs-, tract1
- late Middle English: withdrawn from worldly interests 1400–50
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