abstract
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7.4
- adjective
- /ˈæbstrækt/
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abstracto
- The more a decision is general and abstract, the harder it can be implemented.
- an abstract concept
- abstract reasoning
- abstract ideas
OK, it sounds a little bit abstract and philosophical, but it's not.
- OK, it sounds a little bit abstract and philosophical, but it's not.
- It's kind of an abstract hypothesis that's going on.
- Now, that's a very abstract way to talk at this point.
- So being able to learn abstract concepts.
- They're they're good with abstract ideas, complex computations.
- And then presumably, I mean, mathematics became an, an abstract practice after that.
- So numbers, there's a, there's a reality, there's an abstract reality to numbers.
- And this isn't just some abstract squabble between chemists.
- And then maybe in a more generic question about abstract objects in general.
- How do you probe the subjective experience of an abstract system like science?
- So it maybe it's a little bit abstract, but I'll tell you where it came from.
- And he says it's not indeed abstract, pure essence.
Examples
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Focus questions and activities on an abstract concept or theme found in the selected texts.
Academic text (2015) -
I think that love is both abstract and tangible.
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Maybe they need to be more abstract, less specific, less clear.
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My own work is so abstract.
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OK, it sounds a little bit abstract and philosophical, but it's not.
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There are some concepts that are quite abstract and difficult to understand without "seeing" how they work.
Academic text (2013) -
The stars are not just physical, distant, abstract balls of plasma or gas.
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It is an abstract design.
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And older people are better at teasing out abstract ideas and taking shortcuts.
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Some philosophers argue that love is an abstract concept that cannot be easily defined.
Synonyms
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7.4
Not physical and cannot be touched
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7.5
Existing only in the mind and not real
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Relating to ideas or thoughts
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 Abstract
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Abstract (adjective) comes from ab- 'away' and tract 'draw', which gives the image of something 'drawn away' from the physical world. That is why an abstract idea is theoretical and not tied to a single real example.