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abstract
adjective
1 referring to something which exists only as an idea or quality.
2 concerned with ideas and theory rather than with things which really exist or could exist.
3 said of an art form, especially painting: that represents the subject by shapes and patterns, etc rather than in the shape or form it actually has. Compare concrete ( adjective 2).
4 grammar said of a noun: denoting a quality, condition or action rather than a physical thing. Compare concrete ( adjective 4).
noun
1 a brief statement of the main points (of a book, speech, etc).
2 an abstract idea, theory, etc.
3 an example of abstract painting, etc.
verb (abstracted , abstracting )
1 to take out or remove something.
2 to summarize (a book, speech, etc).
3 to generalize about something from particular instances.
[14c, meaning -derived-: from Latin abs away or from + trahere to draw]
abstractly adverb .
abstractness noun .
in the abstract in theory rather than in reality.
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