abstract
adjective
/əbˈstɹækt/
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/ˈæbˌstɹækt/
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/ˌæbˈstɹækt/
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- (now, rare) Drawn away; removed from; apart from; separate. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
- Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.
- Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
- 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. [First attested by Locke in 1689.]
- (archaic) Absent-minded. [First attested in the early 16th century.]
- (arts, often, capitalized) Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20th century. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
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abstrait
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abstract
noun
/əbˈstɹækt/
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/ˈæbˌstɹækt/
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/ˌæbˈstɹækt/
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- An abridgement or summary of a longer publication. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
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résumé
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abstract
verb
/əbˈstɹækt/
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/ˈæbˌstɹækt/
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- (transitive) To separate; to disengage. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
- (transitive) To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
- (transitive) To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
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abstraire
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- 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.
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distiller,
abstraire
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- (intransitive, reflexive, literally, figuratively) To withdraw oneself; to retire. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]
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se retirer
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abstraction
noun
/æbˈstɹæk.ʃn̩/
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- The act of focusing on one characteristic of an object rather than the object as a whole group of characteristics; the act of separating said qualities from the object or ideas. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
- The act of comparing commonality between distinct objects and organizing using those similarities; the act of generalizing characteristics; the product of said generalization. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
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abstraction
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abstracted
adjective
/æb.ˈstɹæk.tɪd/
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/əb.ˈstɹæk.tɪd/
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- Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind; meditative. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
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distrait
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abstractive
adjective
/æbˈstɹæk.tɪv/
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/əbˈstɹæk.tɪv/
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- Having an abstracting nature or tendency; tending to separate; tending to be withdrawn. [First attested in the late 15th century.]
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abstractif
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- Derived by abstraction; belonging to abstraction. [First attested in the late 15th century.]
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abstrait
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