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| ab·stract [ áb stràkt ] |
adjective |
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1. not concrete: not relating to concrete objects but expressing something that can only be appreciated intellectually
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2. theoretical: based on general principles or theories rather than on specific instances
  abstract arguments
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3. arts nonrepresentational: not aiming to depict an object but composed with the focus on internal structure and form
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4. music conceptual: describes music that is intended to have no programmatic or emotional content
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5. irregularly patterned: decorated with irregular areas of color that do not represent anything concrete
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6. impersonal: emotionally detached or distanced from something
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noun (plural ab·stracts) |
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1. summary: a summary of a longer text, especially of an academic article
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2. intellectual concept: a concept or term that does not refer to a concrete object but denotes a quality, emotion, or idea
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3. arts abstract artwork: a work of art, especially a painting, in an abstract style
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transitive verb (past and past participle ab·stract·ed, present participle ab·stract·ing, 3rd person present singular ab·stracts) |
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1. conceptualize something: to develop a line of thought from a concrete reality to a general principle or an intellectual idea
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2. summarize something: to make a summary of the main points of an argument or text
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3. extract something: to remove something from a place, usually with some difficulty
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4. steal something: to steal something by taking it unobtrusively
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used euphemistically
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5. environment pump water: to remove water from a river or other source for industrial use
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| [14th century. < Latin abstractus, past participle of abstrahere "drag away" < trahere "drag"] |
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