Abstract - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈæbstrækt|  American pronunciation of the word abstract
Brit.  |ˈæbstrækt|  British pronunciation of the word abstract

noun

- a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance (syn: abstraction)
he loved her only in the abstract--not in person
- a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory (syn: outline, precis, synopsis)

verb

- consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically
- make off with belongings of others (syn: cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, sneak, swipe)
- consider apart from a particular case or instance
Let's abstract away from this particular example
- give an abstract (of)

adjective

- not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature (syn: nonobjective)
a large abstract painting
- dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention
abstract reasoning
abstract science

Extra examples

“Honesty” is an abstract word.

The word “poem” is concrete, the word “poetry” is abstract.

...the scientist wrote a bare-bones abstract of his research and conclusions...

Data for the study was abstracted from hospital records.

...personal problems abstracted him so persistently that he struggled to keep his mind on his work...

Money was a commodity she never thought about except in the abstract.

He persuaded her to change from abstracts to portraits.

He possessed only an abstract right.

Injury data were abstracted from the same source.

He had to abstract his meager living from the alms he begged.

It is impossible for him to abstract himself from the world.

Pages of notes have been abstracted into three short paragraphs.

Susan accused him of abstracting some money from her purse.

By the age of seven, children are capable of thinking in abstract terms.

Human beings are the only creatures capable of abstract thought (=thinking about ideas).

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: abstract
he/she/it: abstracts
present participle: abstracting
past tense: abstracted
past participle: abstracted
noun
singular: abstract
plural: abstracts
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