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   abstract

   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 noun) denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object.
   • 2. relating to or denoting art that does not attempt to represent external reality, but rather seeks to achieve its effect using shapes, colours, and textures: "abstract pictures" Similar non-representationalnon-realisticnon-pictorialsymbolicimpressionisticOpposite 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 indicate that someone has stolen something: "his pockets contained all he had been able to abstract from the flat"
   • ▪ withdraw: "as our relationship deepened you seemed to abstract yourself"
   • 3. make a written summary of (an article or book): "staff who 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 speech: "an abstract of her speech"
   • 2. an abstract work of art: "a big unframed abstract"

   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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   What does abstract mean?

   • 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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   What do you mean by abstract idea?

   • 1. thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances: an abstract idea. 2. expressing a quality or characteristic apart from any specific object or instance: an abstract word like justice. 3. theoretical; not applied or practical. 4. difficult to understand; abstruse.

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   What if a article should be abstracted?

   • abstract something from something Relevant information was abstracted from the database or from medical records. If you find an article you think should be abstracted in our journal, submit it for consideration. "Humanity" is an abstract idea. If a statement, argument, or discussion is abstract, it is general and not based on particular examples.

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   What is an abstract noun?

   • In grammar, an abstract noun refers to a quality or idea rather than to a physical object. ...abstract words such as glory, honor, and courage. Abstract art makes use of shapes and patterns rather than showing people or things. ...a modern abstract painting. An abstract is an abstract work of art.

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   Where did abstract come from?

   • We trace the origins of abstract to the combination of the Latin roots ab-, a prefix meaning “from” or “away,” with the verb trahere, meaning “to pull” or “to draw.” The result was the Latin verb abstrahere, which meant “to remove forcibly” or “to drag away.”

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   What is abstract art?

   • abstract science. abstract speculations. Fine Arts. of or relating to the formal aspect of art, emphasizing lines, colors, generalized or geometrical forms, etc., especially with reference to their relationship to one another. Often Abstract. pertaining to the nonrepresentational art styles of the 20th century.

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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.

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