abstract
Meaning of abstract
adjective
- existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.
abstract concepts such as love or beauty
- relating to or denoting art that does not attempt to represent external reality, but rather seeks to achieve its effect using shapes, colours, and textures.
abstract pictures
- consider something theoretically or separately from (something else).
to abstract science and religion from their historical context can lead to anachronism
- extract or remove (something).
applications to abstract more water from streams
- make a written summary of (an article or book).
staff who abstract material for an online database
- a summary of the contents of a book, article, or speech.
an abstract of her speech
- an abstract work of art.
a big unframed abstract
Middle English: from Latin abstractus, literally ‘drawn away’, past participle of abstrahere, from ab- ‘from’ + trahere ‘draw off’.
Information about abstract
- The plural form of abstract is: abstracts.
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Hyphenation of abstract
ab-stract
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- abstract is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
abstract synonyms
Meaning abstractionist:
abstractionist, nonfigurative, nonobjective
Meaning abstraction:
Meaning outline:
Meaning pilfer:
pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
Meaning concerned with or involving the theory of a subject or area of study rather than its practical application:
Meaning relating to or based on mental concepts:
Meaning existing as or based on a suggestion, estimate, or theory; not existing in reality:
Meaning relating to the intellect:
Meaning based on abstract reasoning:
Meaning relating or devoted to the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence:
Meaning not of practical relevance; of only theoretical interest:
Meaning based on or serving as a hypothesis:
Meaning engaged in, expressing, or based on conjecture rather than knowledge:
Meaning based on or involving conjecture:
Meaning form an opinion or supposition about (something) on the basis of incomplete information:
Meaning generally considered or reputed to be:
Meaning based on assumption rather than fact:
Meaning relating to the formation of ideas or concepts:
Meaning serving as a symbol:
Meaning based on subjective reactions presented unsystematically:
Meaning select (a passage from a text, film, or piece of music) for quotation, performance, or reproduction:
Meaning force (liquid, gas, etc.) to move by or as if by means of a pump:
Meaning draw liquid through the tap or spout of (a cask, barrel, or other container):
Meaning draw into the mouth by contracting the muscles of the lips and mouth to make a partial vacuum:
Meaning remove or take away (something) from a particular place or position:
Meaning take (something) away or off from the position occupied:
Meaning cause to move or be apart:
Meaning disengage (something or part of something) and remove it:
Meaning cause (a person or place) to be or remain alone or apart from others:
Meaning (especially in abstract contexts) disconnect or separate:
Meaning give a brief statement of the main points of (something):
Meaning shorten (a piece of writing) without losing the sense:
Meaning express (written or spoken material) in fewer words; make concise:
Meaning express in a shorter form; abridge:
Meaning make or become shorter:
Meaning shorten (a word, phrase, or text):
Meaning give a summary of (a written work):
Meaning a brief statement or account of the main points of something:
Meaning an act or instance of summarizing and restating the main points of something:
Meaning a shortened version of a larger work:
Meaning a concise version of something, especially a text:
Meaning a methodical summary of a body of laws:
Meaning the process of adding things together:
Meaning a summary of the subject matter of a book:
Meaning a summary of a written work; an abstract:
Meaning a summary or overview of a subject:
abstract antonyms
Meaning existing in fact; real:
Meaning existing in a material or physical form; not abstract:
Meaning relating to or characterized by representation:
Translation of abstract
- French: abstract, résumé, abstrait
- German: Auszug, abstrakt
- Italian: estratto, sunto, compendio, riassunto, sinossi, astratto, astrarre
- Portuguese: resumo, sumário, inconcreto, filosófico, acadêmico, impalpável, intátil, intangível, intocável
- Spanish: resumen, sumario, abstracto, abstracta, difícil, oscuro, complejo, compleja, oscura, incomprensible, complicado, complicada, vago, vaga, indefinido, indefinida, abstraer
Words that rhyme with abstract
aftercataract, caract, cataract, charact, postcataract, bract, afteract, counteract, interact, overact, peract, tesseract, underact, Pontefract, anfract, confract, congelifract, diffract, fract, infract, prefract, refract, retrofract, cataphract, carract, Ecotract, Tract, acetract, attract, autoabstract, contract, detract, distract, extract, fluidacetextract, fluidextract, hydroextract, nonabstract, noncontract, overabstract, overcontract, overprotract, postcontract, preabstract, precontract, preextract, protract, reabstract, reattract, recontract
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