abstract /ab-straktˈ/

1. To draw away
2. To separate
3. To remove quietly
4. To purloin
5. To summarize
6. To form a general concept from consideration of particular instances

1. That part or thing which represents the essence
2. An abstraction
3. An abstract painting, sculpture, photograph, etc
4. A summary or abridgement
5. In Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra I.4.9, explained by some as an abridgement of time of separation, while others conjecture obstruct

1. Abstracted
2. Apart from actual material instances, existing only as a mental concept, opp to concrete
3. Away from practice, theoretical
4. (of terms) denoting a quality of a thing apart from the thing, eg ‘redness’
5. Representing ideas in geometric and other designs, not the forms of nature (art)
6. (of verse) using words primarily for their auditory and rhythmic qualities

abstractˈed adjective

1. Drawn off (with from)
2. Removed
3. Absent-minded

abstractˈedly adverb

abstractˈedness noun

abstracˈter or formerly in the Civil Service abstracˈtor noun

A person who makes abstracts

abstracˈtion noun

1. The act of abstracting
2. The state of being abstracted
3. Abstract quality or character
4. Withdrawal from worldly things
5. Absent-mindedness
6. A purloining
7. The process of abstracting by the mind
8. A thing existing only in idea
9. A theory or visionary notion
10. An abstract term
11. An abstract composition (art)

abstracˈtional adjective

abstracˈtionism noun

abstracˈtionist noun

A person dealing in abstractions or unrealities (also adjective)

abstracˈtive adjective

1. Able or tending to abstract
2. Formed by or relating to abstraction

1. Anything abstractive
2. An abstract

abstracˈtively adverb

abˈstractly adverb

abˈstractness noun

abstract expressionism noun

A development in art that began in America in the 1940s in which the expression of the artist's feelings informs his or her abstract representations

abstract of title noun (law)

1. A summary of facts concerning ownership
2. A document giving evidence, in shortened form, of the ownership of property or land

in the abstract

1. As an abstraction
2. In theory

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