Abstract

ABSTRACT

-adj.

1. having no reference to material objects or specific examples; not concrete

2. not applied or practical; theoretical

3. hard to understand; recondite; abstruse

4. denoting art characterized by geometric, formalized, or otherwise nonrepresentational qualities

5. defined in terms of its formal properties 

6. (philosophy) (of an idea) functioning for some empiricists as the meaning of a general term

-noun

7. a condensed version of a piece of writing, speech, etc.; summary

8. an abstract term or idea

9. an abstract painting, sculpture, etc.

-verb (trans.)

10. to think of (a quality or concept) generally without reference to a specific example; regard theoretically

11. to form (a general idea) by abstraction

12. (also intr.) to summarize or epitomize

13. to remove or extract

14. (euphemistic) to steal

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