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English to English adjective
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existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment |  | Example: abstract words like `truth' and `justice'
source: wordnet30
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Withdraw; separate. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature | | Example: a large abstract painting
source: wordnet30
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dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention | | Example: abstract reasoning
abstract science
source: wordnet30 noun
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a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance | | Example: he loved her only in the abstract--not in person
source: wordnet30
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a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory | | source: wordnet30
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That which comprises or concentrates in itself the essential qualities of a larger thing or of several things. Specifically: A summary or an epitome, as of a treatise or book, or of a statement; a brief. | | source: webster1913 verb
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consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically | | source: wordnet30
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make off with belongings of others | | source: wordnet30
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consider apart from a particular case or instance | | Example: Let's abstract away from this particular example
source: wordnet30
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give an abstract (of) | | source: wordnet30
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To withdraw; to separate; to take away. | | source: webster1913
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To perform the process of abstraction. | | source: webster1913
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