abstract
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5.5
- noun
- /ˈæbstrækt/
- Specialized
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resumen
- Each conference submission must include an abstract that highlights the key findings of the study.
- submit an abstract
- abstract of a paper
- title and abstract
Misinterpretations, lies, poorly done studies, misinterpretations of abstracts and conclusions.
- Misinterpretations, lies, poorly done studies, misinterpretations of abstracts and conclusions.
- They had to have all the data, not just an abstract and so on and so forth.
- And you'll have clickbait titles or clickbait abstracts.
- And then also because you have to write papers, you have to write abstracts for different reasons, you have to write posters.
- That said, the the the the focus of the paper is about the Well, let me just read the abstract.
- You'll be able to look at pub Med or databases of studies or at least abstracts, not going into all the supplemental stuff and make some sense of AB or C.
- I depending on where you, I don't read abstracts.
Examples
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The patent must start with an abstract, just a short paragraph.
Fiction book (2000) -
Through an examination of the abstracts, 80 were determined to be the most relevant.
Academic text (1991) -
Went through some of them to find whether they had an abstract in them.
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Another new development is the structured abstract for both clinical studies and review articles.
Academic text (1991) -
For our purposes, please submit an abstract that contains four sentences:
Academic text (2015) -
The treatment record abstract noted whether the client was taking antidepressant or antipsychotic medications at admission.
Academic text (2008) -
The list of titles was assessed by the study's authors, and abstracts were reviewed.
Academic text (2015) -
To understand the research better, read the abstract at the beginning of the paper.
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The abstract provides a concise summary of the main arguments presented in the article.
Synonyms
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2.7
A short statement giving the main points without details
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3.8
A short summary of the main points of something
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4.2
A short written summary of a longer document
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2.7
A short plan that shows the main points of something
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4.7
A short summary of the main points of a book or article
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1.9
A short summary that repeats the main points
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4.4
A short statement of the main points at the end of a meeting or court case
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2.6
A short summary of the main points
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8.2
A short clear summary of the main points of a text or speech
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7.7
A short summary of the main points of a text
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3.9
A short description of the main points
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7.8
A short summary that repeats the main points
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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9.1
A style of painting from 1940s New York using large, free, abstract shapes and emotional brush strokes
- Slang
Unclear, complicated ideas that are hard to understand and not practical
How Concise
Surface Forms
Etymology
Abstract for a short summary comes from ab- 'away' and tract 'draw', meaning something 'pulled away' from the whole text. That is why an abstract gives the main points you take out from a longer article.