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Meaning
Noun
●
An
abridgement
or
summary
of a
longer
publication.
●
Something that
concentrates
in itself
the
qualities
of a
larger
item
, or
multiple
item
s.
Concentrated
essence
of a product.
●
In Medicine:
Something that
concentrates
in itself
the
qualities
of a
larger
item
, or
multiple
item
s.
A
powdered
solid
extract
of a
medicinal
substance
mixed
with lactose.
●
An
abstraction
; an
abstract term
; that which is
abstract
.
●
The
theoretical
way of
looking at
things; something that
exists
only in
idealized
form.
●
In Art:
An
abstract
work of art.
●
In Real estate:
A
summary
title
of the key
points
detailing
a
tract of land
, for
ownership
;
abstract
of
title
.
Adj
●
Derived; extracted.
●
Drawn
away
;
removed
from;
apart from
; separate.
●
Not
concrete
:
conceptual
, ideal.
Insufficiently factual.
Apart from
practice
or
reality
;
vague
;
theoretical
;
impersonal
; not applied.
●
In Grammar:
Not
concrete
:
conceptual
, ideal.
As a
noun
,
denoting
a
concept
or
intangible
as opposed to
an
object
, place, or person.
●
Difficult to understand;
abstruse
;
hard
to conceptualize.
●
Separately
expressing
a
property
or
attribute
of an
object
that is considered to be
inherent
to that
object
:
attributive
, ascriptive.
●
Pertaining
comprehensively
to, or
representing
, a
class
or group of
objects
,
as opposed to
any specific
object
; considered
apart from
any
application
to a particular
object
: general,
generic
,
nonspecific
; representational.
●
Absent-minded.
●
In Art:
Pertaining to the
formal
aspect
of
art
, such as the
lines
,
colors
,
shapes
, and the
relationships
among them.
Free from
representational
qualities
,
in particular
the
non-representational
styles
of the 20ᵗʰ century.
●
In Art & Music:
Pertaining to the
formal
aspect
of
art
, such as the
lines
,
colors
,
shapes
, and the
relationships
among them.
Absolute.
●
In Art & Dance:
Pertaining to the
formal
aspect
of
art
, such as the
lines
,
colors
,
shapes
, and the
relationships
among them.
Lacking a story.
●
In Object-oriented programming:
Being a
partial
basis
for
subclasses
rather than
a
complete
template
for objects.
Verb
●
To
separate
; to disengage.
To
remove
; to
take away
; withdraw.
To
extract
by means of
distillation.
To
draw off
(interest or attention).
To
withdraw
oneself
; to retire.
To
consider
abstractly
; to
contemplate
separately
or by itself; to
consider
theoretically
; to
look at
as a general quality.;To
conceptualize
an
ideal
subgroup
by means of
the
generalization
of an
attribute
,
as follows
: by
apprehending
an
attribute
inherent
to one individual, then
separating
that
attribute
and
contemplating
it by itself, then
conceiving
of that
attribute
as a general quality, then despecifying that
conceived
quality
with respect to
several or many individuals, and by then
ideating
a group
composed
of those individuals
perceived
to
possess
said quality.
To
consider
abstractly
; to
contemplate
separately
or by itself; to
consider
theoretically
; to
look at
as a general quality.;To
perform
the process of abstraction.
To
consider
abstractly
; to
contemplate
separately
or by itself; to
consider
theoretically
; to
look at
as a general quality.;To create abstractions.
To
consider
abstractly
; to
contemplate
separately
or by itself; to
consider
theoretically
; to
look at
as a general quality.
●
To
separate
; to disengage.
To
steal
; to
take away
; to
remove
without permission.
●
In Computing:
To
separate
; to disengage.
To
consider
abstractly
; to
contemplate
separately
or by itself; to
consider
theoretically
; to
look at
as a general quality.
To
produce
an
abstraction
, usually by
refactoring
existing
code
. Generally used with "out".
●
To
summarize
; to
abridge
; to epitomize.
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Synonyms
Abridgment
Compendium
Epitome
Synopsis
Conceptual
Ideal
Imaginary
Incorporeal
Intangible
Nonempirical
Theoretical
Formal
Abstruse
Attributive
Ascriptive
General
Generalized
Generic
Nonspecific
Representational
Filch
Purloin
Steal
Abridge
Epitomize
Summarize
Remove
Separate
Withdraw
Summary
Recapitulate
Abbreviation
Take Away
More
Antonyms
Actual
Concrete
Corporeal
Empirical
Applied
Practical
Discrete
Specific
Particular
Precise
Related
Esoteric
Conceptual
Complex
Intangible
Obscure
Vague
Simplistic
Impressionistic
Ephemeral
Nebulous
Ambiguous
Essay
Outline
Empirical
Extract
Subjective
Article
Text
Scientific
Mathematical
Intricate
Description
Theoretical
Document
Metaphysical
Dissertation
Thesis
Nuanced
Presentation
Visual
Isolate
Overview
Complicated
Bibliography
Writing
Prosaic
Explicit
Paper
Derive
Review
Paragraph
Manuscript
Analyze
Descriptive
Impersonal
Title
Capture
Analytical
Proposal
Introduction
Rational
Mundane
Intuitive
Existential
Emotive
Citation
Mechanistic
Artistic
Executive Summary
Thesis Statement
Literature Review
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