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Etymology 1

From Old French abstract, or from Latin abstractus, past participle of abstrahere formed from abs- (“‘away’”) + trahere (“‘to draw’”).

Pronunciation

Noun

Singular abstract

Plural abstracts

abstract (plural abstracts)

  1. An abridgement or summary.
    • Isaac Watts — An abstract of every treatise he had read.
  2. Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else.
    • Ford — Man, the abstract Of all perfection, which the workmanship Of Heaven hath modeled.
  3. An abstraction; an abstract term.
  4. (art) An abstract work of art.
  5. That which is abstract.
  6. (medicine) A powdered solid extract of a vegetable substance mixed with sugar of milk in such proportion that one part of the abstract represents two parts of the original substance.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
an abrigement or summary
  • Hindi: सारांश (saaraansh), निचोड (nichoD)
  • Italian: estratto it(it) m., sunto it(it) m., compendio it(it) m., riassunto it(it) m.
  • Japanese: 概要 (がいよう, gaiyō), 要約 (yōyaku)
  • Marathi: सारांश (saaraaunsh), गोषवारा (goShawaaraa)
  • Norwegian: sammendrag n., oppsummering m., utdrag n., referat n.
  • Portuguese: resumo pt(pt) m., sumário pt(pt) m.
  • Russian: конспект ru(ru) m., реферат ru(ru) m.
  • Spanish: resumen es(es) m.
  • Swedish: referat n., sammandrag n., sammanfattning c., utdrag n.
something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else
  • Hindi: निचोड (nichoD)
  • Norwegian: sammenfatning m.
an abstraction
  • Bulgarian: абстракция bg(bg), отвлечено понятие bg(bg)
  • Catalan: abstracció, f.
  • Croatian: apstrakcija hr(hr) f.
  • Dutch: abstractie nl(nl)
  • Finnish: käsite fi(fi), abstraktio fi(fi)
  • Hindi: अमूर्त (amoort)
  • Japanese: 抽象的な (ちゅうしょうてきな, chūshōtekina)
  • Marathi: अमूर्त (amoort)
  • Norwegian: distraksjon n.
an abstract work of art
  • Japanese: 抽象派の (ちゅうしょうはの, chūshōhano)
  • Marathi: अमूर्त (amoort)
  • Norwegian: abstrakt no(no)
  • Swedish: abstrakt sv(sv) n.
that which is abstract
  • Dutch: (een) abstract iets
  • Finnish: käsite fi(fi)
  • Hindi: अमूर्त (amoort)
  • Japanese: 抽象的な (ちゅうしょうてきな, chūshōtekina)
an extract of a vegetable substance
  • Croatian: ekstrakt m.
  • Czech: výtažek cs(cs) m.
  • Dutch: uittreksel nl(nl)
  • Finnish: uute fi(fi)
  • Hindi: निचोड (nichoD)
  • Japanese: 抽出 (ちゅうしゅつ, chūshutsu)
  • Marathi: सत्त्व (satw)
  • Norwegian: ekstrakt
  • Spanish: extracto es(es) m.
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  • Indonesian: abstrak
  • Interlingua: abstracto, summario
  • Korean: 개요 (gaeyo)
  • Novial: abstraktu, abstraktetu

Adjective

abstract (comparative more abstract, superlative most abstract)

Positive abstract

Comparative more abstract

Superlative most abstract
  1. (obsolete) Extracted.
  2. Considered apart from any application to a particular object; removed from; apart from; separate; abstracted.
    • 17th century: Noris, The Oxford Dictionary - The more abstract we are from the body ... the more fit we shall be to behold divine light.
  3. Absent in mind.
  4. Apart from practice or reality; not concrete; ideal; vague; theoretical; impersonal.
  5. Difficult to understand; abstruse.
  6. (art) Free from representational qualities.
  7. (logic) General (as opposed to particular).
    • John Stuart Mill - A concrete name is a name which stands for a thing; an abstract name which stands for an attribute of a thing. A practice has grown up in more modern times, which, if not introduced by Locke, has gained currency from his example, of applying the expression "abstract name" to all names which are the result of abstraction and generalization, and consequently to all general names, instead of confining it to the names of attributes.
  8. (computing) Of a class in object-oriented programming, being a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
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extracted
  • Dutch: onttrokken
separate
  • Norwegian: abstrakt no(no)
  • Portuguese: abstrato pt(pt)
  • Russian: абстрактный ru(ru) (abstráktnyj)
  • Swedish: abstrakt sv(sv)
absent in mind
  • Norwegian: distrahert
apart from practice or reality; not concrete
  • Italian: astratto it(it), teorico it(it)
  • Japanese: 抽象的な (ちゅうしょうてきな, chūshōtekina)
  • Norwegian: abstrakt no(no)
  • Portuguese: abstrato pt(pt)
  • Russian: абстрактный ru(ru) (abstráktnyj)
  • Swedish: abstrakt sv(sv), teoretisk sv(sv)
difficult to understand
free from representational qualities
  • Japanese: 抽象的な (ちゅうしょうてきな, chūshōtekina)
  • Norwegian: abstrakt no(no)
general as opposed to particular
  • Japanese: 抽象的な (ちゅうしょうてきな, chūshōtekina)
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Etymology 2

From Latin abstractum, past participle of abstrahere; also from the adjective.

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Verb

Infinitive to abstract

Third person singular abstracts

Simple past abstracted

Past participle abstracted

Present participle abstracting

to abstract (third-person singular simple present abstracts, present participle abstracting, simple past and past participle abstracted)

  1. (transitive) To separate; to remove; to take away.
    • Walter Scott - He was incapable of forming any opinion or resolution abstracted from his own prejudices.
  2. (transitive) To withdraw.
  3. (transitive) (euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.
    • W. Black - Von Rosen had quietly abstracted the bearing-reins from the harness.
  4. (transitive) (art) To create artistic abstractions of.
  5. (transitive) To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.
  6. (transitive) To consider abstractly; to separately or by itself.
  7. (transitive) To draw off (interest or attention).
    He was wholly abstracted by other objects.
    • William Blackwood, Blackwood's Magazine - The young stranger had been abstracted and silent.
  8. (transitive) (obsolete) To extract by means of distillation.
  9. (intransitive) To withdraw oneself; to retire.
  10. (intransitive) (rare) To perform the process of abstraction.
  11. (intransitive) (computing) To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out".
    He abstracted out the square root function.
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to separate; to remove; to take away
  • Bulgarian: отделям bg(bg), отнемам bg(bg)
  • Dutch: afzonderen nl(nl)
  • French: abstraire fr(fr)
  • Hindi: अलग करना, निकाल देना
  • Italian: rimuovere it(it), sottrarre it(it), estrarre it(it)
  • Japanese: 取る (toru)
  • Marathi: वेगळे करणे, काढून टाकणे
  • Portuguese: abstrair pt(pt)
  • Swedish: abstrahera, skilja av, skilja ut, ta bort
to withdraw
  • Bulgarian: изваждам bg(bg)
  • Dutch: terugtrekken nl(nl)
  • Finnish: vetää fi(fi)
  • German: entziehen de(de)
  • Greek: αφαιρώ el(el)
  • Hindi: पिछे आना
  • Marathi: मागे येणे
to steal
  • Italian: sottrarre it(it)
  • Portuguese: roubar pt(pt)
  • Swedish: knycka sv(sv), stjäla sv(sv), nalla sv(sv), sno sv(sv)
to create an artistic abstraction of
  • Dutch: abstraheren nl(nl)
  • Finnish: abstrahoida fi(fi)
  • Hindi: अमूर्त कलाकृती करना
  • Marathi: अमूर्त कलाकृती करणे
to abridge, epitomize, or summarize
  • Dutch: samenvatten nl(nl)
  • Finnish: tiivistää fi(fi)
  • French: abstraire fr(fr)
  • Hindi: सारांश करना
  • Italian: riassumere it(it)
  • Marathi: सारांश करणे
  • Portuguese: resumir, sumariar
  • Swedish: göra sammandrag av, sammanfatta,
to consider abstractly
  • Hindi: अमूर्तरूपसे लेना
  • Marathi: अमूर्तपणे घेणे
to draw off
  • Bulgarian: отвличам bg(bg), (внимание) bg(bg)
  • Dutch: afleiden nl(nl)
to extract by means of distillation
to withdraw oneself
to perform the process of abstraction
  • Dutch: abstraheren
  • Hindi: अमूर्तिकरन करना
  • Italian: astrarre it(it)
  • Marathi: अमूर्तिकरण करणे
  • Novial: abstrakte
  • Russian: абстрагировать (abstragírovat’)
  • Swedish: abstrahera sv(sv)
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References

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on: Abstract

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Dutch Wikipedia has an article on: Abstracte kunst

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Adjective

abstract (inflected abstracte)

  1. abstract
  2. (art) abstract

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