abstract
— Verb
– English
～ consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically
abstract
— Verb
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～ consider apart from a particular case or instance; "Let's abstract away from this particular example"
abstract
— Adjective
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～ dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention; "abstract reasoning"; "abstract science"
abstract
— Adjective
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～ not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature; "a large abstract painting"
abstract
— Adjective
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～ existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment; "abstract words like `truth' and `justice'"
abstract
— Noun
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～ a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"
abstract
— Noun
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～ a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
abstracted
— Adjective
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～ lost in thought; showing preoccupation; "an absent stare"; "an absentminded professor"; "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence"
abstractedly
— Adverb
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～ in an absentminded or preoccupied manner; "he read the letter absently"
abstractedness
— Noun
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～ preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
abstracter
— Noun
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～ one who makes abstracts or summarizes information
abstraction
— Noun
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～ the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
abstraction
— Noun
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～ preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
abstraction
— Noun
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～ a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples