abstract
Pronunciation:
/ˈæbˌstɹækt//əbˈstɹækt/noun
Definitions
An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.
Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items.
An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract.
The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form.
verb
Definitions
To separate; to disengage.
To remove; to take away; withdraw.
To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.
To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.
adjective
Definitions
Derived; extracted.
Drawn away; removed from; apart from; separate.
Not concrete: conceptual, ideal.
Synonyms:conceptualidealimaginaryincorporealintangiblenonempiricaltheoreticalAntonyms:actualconcretecorporealempiricalDifficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize.
Synonyms:abstruse