Abstract Definition
abstract
English
Etymology 1
From Old French abstract, or from Latin abstractus, perfect passive participle of abstrahō, formed from abs- (“away”) + trahō (“draw”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: ăb'străkt", IPA: /ˈæbstrækt/, SAMPA: /"{b%str{kt/
Noun
abstract (plural abstracts)
- An abridgement or summary.
- Isaac Watts — An abstract of every treatise he had read.
- Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else.
- Ford — Man, the abstract Of all perfection, which the workmanship Of Heaven hath modeled.
- An abstraction; an abstract term.
- (art) An abstract work of art.
- That which is abstract.
- John Stuart Mill — The concretes "father" and "son" have, or might have, the abstracts "paternity" and "filiety".
- (medicine) A powdered solid extract of a vegetable substance mixed with sugar of milk in such proportion that one part of the abstract represents two parts of the original substance.
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an abrigement or summary
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- Hindi: सारांश (saaraansh), निचोड (nichoD)
- Italian: estratto (it) m., sunto (it) m., compendio (it) m., riassunto (it) m.
- Japanese: 概要 (がいよう, gaiyō), 要約 (yōyaku)
- Marathi: सारांश (saaraaunsh), गोषवारा (goShawaaraa)
- Norwegian: sammendrag (no) n., oppsummering (no) m., utdrag (no) n., referat (no) n.
- Portuguese: resumo (pt) m., sumário (pt) m.
- Russian: конспект (ru) m., реферат (ru) m.
- Spanish: resumen (es) m.
- Swedish: referat (sv) n., sammandrag (sv) n., sammanfattning (sv) c., utdrag (sv) n.
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something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else
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- Hindi: निचोड (nichoD)
- Norwegian: sammenfatning (no) m.
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an abstraction
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- Italian: astrazione (it) f.
- Japanese: 抽象的な (ちゅうしょうてきな, chūshōtekina)
- Marathi: अमूर्त (amoort)
- Norwegian: distraksjon (no) n.
- Russian: абстракция (ru) f.
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an abstract work of art
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- Japanese: 抽象派の (ちゅうしょうはの, chūshōhano)
- Marathi: अमूर्त (amoort)
- Norwegian: abstrakt (no)
- Swedish: abstrakt (sv) n.
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that which is abstract
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- Japanese: 抽象的な (ちゅうしょうてきな, chūshōtekina)
- Marathi: अमूर्त (amoort)
- Norwegian: abstraksjon (no) m.
- Swedish: abstrakt (sv) n.
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an extract of a vegetable substance
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- Japanese: 抽出 (ちゅうしゅつ, chūshutsu)
- Marathi: सत्त्व (satw)
- Norwegian: ekstrakt (no)
- Russian: экстракт (ru) m.
- Spanish: extracto (es) m.
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Adjective
abstract (comparative more abstract, superlative most abstract)
- (obsolete) Extracted.
- Considered apart from any application to a particular object; removed from; apart from; separate; abstracted.
- 17th century: Noris, The Oxford Dictionary - The more abstract we are from the body ... the more fit we shall be to behold divine light.
- Absent in mind.
- Apart from practice or reality; not concrete; ideal; vague; theoretical; impersonal.
- Difficult to understand; abstruse.
- (art) Free from representational qualities.
- (logic) General (as opposed to particular).
- John Stuart Mill - A concrete name is a name which stands for a thing; an abstract name which stands for an attribute of a thing. A practice has grown up in more modern times, which, if not introduced by Locke, has gained currency from his example, of applying the expression "abstract name" to all names which are the result of abstraction and generalization, and consequently to all general names, instead of confining it to the names of attributes.
- (computing) Of a class in object-oriented programming, being a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects.
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extracted
separate
absent in mind
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- Norwegian: distrahert (no)
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apart from practice or reality; not concrete
difficult to understand
art: free from representational qualities
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- German: abstrakt (de)
- Japanese: 抽象的な (ちゅうしょうてきな, chūshōtekina)
- Norwegian: abstrakt (no)
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general as opposed to particular
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- Japanese: 抽象的な (ちゅうしょうてきな, chūshōtekina)
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See also
Etymology 2
From Latin abstractus, perfect passive participle of abstrahō; also from the adjective.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ăb"străkt', IPA: /əbˈstrækt/, SAMPA: /%{b"str{kt/
Verb
abstract (third-person singular simple present abstracts, present participle abstracting, simple past and past participle abstracted)
- (transitive) To separate; to remove; to take away.
- Walter Scott - He was incapable of forming any opinion or resolution abstracted from his own prejudices.
- (transitive) To withdraw.
- (transitive) (euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.
- W. Black - Von Rosen had quietly abstracted the bearing-reins from the harness.
- (transitive) (art) To create artistic abstractions of.
- (transitive) To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.
- (transitive) To consider abstractly; to separately or by itself.
- (transitive) To draw off (interest or attention).
- He was wholly abstracted by other objects.
- William Blackwood, Blackwood's Magazine - The young stranger had been abstracted and silent.
- (transitive) (obsolete) To extract by means of distillation.
- (intransitive) To withdraw oneself; to retire.
- (intransitive) (rare) To perform the process of abstraction.
- George Berkeley - I own myself able to abstract in one sense.
- (intransitive) (computing) To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out".
- He abstracted out the square root function.
Synonyms
- (to remove, separate, take away, or withdraw): remove, separate, take away, withdraw
- (to abridge, epitomize, or summarize): abridge, epitomize, summarize
- (to filch, purloin, or steal): filch, purloin, steal
Derived terms
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Translations
to separate; to remove; to take away
- Bulgarian: отделям (bg), отнемам (bg)
- Dutch: afzonderen (nl)
- French: abstraire (fr)
- German: trennen (de)
- Hindi: अलग करना, निकाल देना
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to withdraw
- Bulgarian: изваждам (bg)
- Dutch: terugtrekken (nl)
- Finnish: vetää (fi)
- German: entziehen (de)
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- Greek: αφαιρώ (el)
- Hindi: पिछे आना
- Marathi: मागे येणे
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to steal
to create an artistic abstraction of
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- Hindi: अमूर्त कलाकृती करना
- Marathi: अमूर्त कलाकृती करणे
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to abridge, epitomize, or summarize
to consider abstractly
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- Hindi: अमूर्तरूपसे लेना
- Marathi: अमूर्तपणे घेणे
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to draw off
to extract by means of distillation
to withdraw oneself
to perform the process of abstraction
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References
- abstract in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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Pronunciation
Adjective
abstract (comparative abstracter, superlative abstractst)
- abstract
- (art) abstract
Antonyms
Romanian
Etymology
From literary Latin abstractus, German abstrakt.
Adjective
abstract
- abstract
Antonyms
Related terms
- abstractă
- abstractiza
- abstractizabil
- abstractizabilitate
- abstractizant
- abstractizare
- abstractizat
- abstracție
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