abstract
An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.
Noun 4 meanings
An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.
Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items.
An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract.
The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form.
Adjective 4 meanings
Not concrete: conceptual, ideal.
“Her new film is an abstract piece, combining elements of magic realism, flashbacks, and animation but with very little in terms of plot construction.”
Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize.
“The politician gave a somewhat abstract answer when asked about their plans to cut spending.”
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.
Verb 2 meanings
To separate; to disengage.
To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.
Etymology
From Middle English abstract, borrowed from Latin abstractus, perfect passive participle of abstrahō (“draw away”), formed from abs- (“away”) + trahō (“to pull, draw”). The verbal sense is first attested in 1542.
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ABSTRACT at a glance
ABSTRACT has 8 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (A 1 + B 3 + S 1 + T 1 + R 1 + A 1 + C 3 + T 1) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,557 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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