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Meaning of abstract

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

abstract

Pronunciation:/ˈæbˌstɹækt//əbˈstɹækt/

noun

Definitions

  1. An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.

  2. Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items.

  3. An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract.

  4. The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form.

verb

Definitions

  1. To separate; to disengage.

  2. To remove; to take away; withdraw.

  3. To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.

  4. To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Derived; extracted.

  2. Drawn away; removed from; apart from; separate.

  3. Not concrete: conceptual, ideal.

    Synonyms:conceptualidealimaginaryincorporealintangiblenonempiricaltheoretical
    Antonyms:actualconcretecorporealempirical
  4. Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize.

    Synonyms:abstruse