Word: Abstract
How to pronounce: ˈæbstrækt
Adjective
Definitions:
1. Existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.
Example sentences: "Abstract concepts such as love or beauty"
2. Relating to abstract art.
Example sentences: "Abstract pictures that look like commercial color charts"
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Consider (something) theoretically or separately from something else.
Example sentences: "To abstract science and religion from their historical context can lead to anachronism"
2. Extract or remove (something)
Example sentences: "Applications to abstract more water from streams"
3. Make a written summary of (an article or book)
Example sentences: "Staff who index and abstract material for an online database"
Noun
Definitions:
1. A summary of the contents of a book, article, or formal speech.
Example sentences: "An abstract of his inaugural address"
2. An abstract work of art.
Example sentences: "A big unframed abstract"
3. That which is abstract; the theoretical consideration of something.
Example sentences: "The abstract must be made concrete by examples"
Synonyms:
thesis
abstracts
essay
outline
epitome
conspectus
breviary
in the abstract
precis
brief
synopsis
digest
recap
recapitulate
conceptual
notional
divert
detract
sum
recapitulation
theoretical
Antonyms:
specific
particular
Derivations:
abstracted
abstractive
abstracting
abstraction
abstractly
abstractionism
abstractionist
abstractor
abstractedly
abstractedness
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Abstract in Other Languages...
Spanish: Abstracto
German: Abstrakt
French: Abstrait
Italian: Astratto
Turkish: özet
