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abstract


Definition: Meaning of, abstract in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈæbstrækt /

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  1. based on general ideas or principles rather than specific examples or real events [=  theoretical]
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  2. existing only as an idea or quality rather than as something real that you can see or touch
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  3. abstract paintings, designs etc consist of shapes and patterns that do not look like real people or things
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abstract abstracts
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  1. a painting, design etc which contains shapes or images that do not look like real things or people
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  2. a short written statement containing only the most important ideas in a speech, article etc
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  3. in the abstract considered in a general way rather than being based on specific details and examples
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abstract abstracted abstracted
Present Participle Third Person Singular
abstracting abstracts
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  1. to write a document containing the most important ideas or points from a speech, article etc
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  2. formal to remove something from somewhere
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abstract used in phrases

  • Abstract Expressionism
    1. a style of painting that developed in New York in the late 1940s. It shows shapes and patterns which do not look like real things or people, but are intended to express emotions. It was practised by artists such as Jackson POLLOCK and Willem de Kooning .
  • abstract art (noun)
    1. an abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation
  • abstract artist (noun)
    1. a painter of abstract pictures
  • abstract entity (noun)
    1. a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
  • abstract noun (noun)
    1. a noun that names a feeling, quality, or state rather than an object, animal, or person. For example, 'hunger' and 'beauty' are abstract nouns.
  • abstract thought (noun)
    1. thinking that is coherent and logical
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