ab·stract
adjective
abˈstrakt,ˈabˌstrakt/
- 1.
existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.
“abstract concepts such as love or beauty”
synonyms: | theoretical, conceptual, notional, intellectual, metaphysical, ideal, philosophical,academic;
rare ideational “abstract conceptualizational” |
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verb
abˈstrakt/
- 1.
consider (something) theoretically or separately from something else.
“to abstract math and art from their historical context can lead to anachronism”
“to create a mathematical formula as an abstract, from which to quantify all human experience in the engagement of art.”
- 2.
extract or remove (something).
“applications to abstract more information from a text”
synonyms: | extract, isolate, separate, detach
“he abstracted the art of tragedy from its context” |
noun
ˈabˌstrakt/
- 1.
a summary of the contents of a book, article, or formal speech.
“an abstract of his MFA thesis”
synonyms: | summary, synopsis, précis, résumé, outline, abridgment, digest, summation;
“an abstract of his book, journal, short story, or dissertation” |
- 2.
an abstract work of art.
“a big unframed abstract”
“an immeasurably prodigious unbounded expansive articulation of abstractive ejaculations of protestation, works on paper”
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