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/adj. æbˈstrækt, ˈæb
strækt; n. ˈæb
strækt; v. æbˈstrækt for 10–13,
ˈæb
strækt for 14
/Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[adj. ab-strakt, ab-strakt; n. ab-strakt; v. ab-strakt for 10–13,
ab-strakt for 14
]Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation–adjective 1.thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances:
an abstract idea. 2.expressing a quality or characteristic apart from any specific object or instance, as
justice, poverty, and
speed. 3.theoretical; not applied or practical:
abstract science. 4.difficult to understand; abstruse:
abstract speculations. 5.
Fine Arts. a.of or pertaining to the formal aspect of art, emphasizing lines, colors, generalized or geometrical forms, etc., esp. with reference to their relationship to one another. b.(
often initial capital letter
) pertaining to the nonrepresentational art styles of the 20th century.
–noun 6.a summary of a text, scientific article, document, speech, etc.; epitome. 7.something that concentrates in itself the essential qualities of anything more extensive or more general, or of several things; essence. 8.an idea or term considered apart from some material basis or object. 9.an abstract work of art.
–verb (used with object) 10.to draw or take away; remove. 11.to divert or draw away the attention of. 12.to steal. 13.to consider as a general quality or characteristic apart from specific objects or instances:
to abstract the notions of time, space, and matter. 14.to make an abstract of; summarize.
—Idioms 15.
abstract away from, to omit from consideration. 16.
in the abstract, without reference to a specific object or instance; in theory:
beauty in the abstract.
[Origin: 1400–50; late ME: withdrawn from worldly interests < L
abstractus drawn off (ptp. of
abstrahere). See
abs-,
tract1
]