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abstract
Adjective
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If something is abstract, you cannot touch it, and it is difficult to imagine or think about.
A lot of abstract painting uses harsh shapes and most people do not like it.
More abstract ideas like "democracy" are not possible for animals.
Houses and books are things you can touch. Honesty, patience and courage are abstract.
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If something is abstract, it is general.
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If something is abstract, it is thought of as apart from any other use with an object; it is removed from it; it is separate or abstracted.
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If something is abstract, it is not practical or realistic; it is not concrete; it is theoretical; it is vague.
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If something is abstract, it does not have all of the facts; it is not factual.
abstract
Noun
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An abstract is a short text that tells you the main ideas of a longer text, especially of scientific papers; it is a summary of something longer.
The abstract of Isaac Newton's laws of gravity may be no more than 150 words.
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An abstract is an abstraction; it is an abstract word.
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An abstract is a piece of art that is made in the abstract fashion of art.
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An abstract is a powdered solid extract of a vegetable that is then mixed with the sugar of milk.
abstract
Verb
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If you abstract something, you summarize it; you abridge it.
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If you abstract something, you separate it; you remove it.
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If you abstract something, you withdraw it.
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If you abstract something, you make abstractions of it in art.
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If you abstract something, you take it away from someone without permission; you steal it.
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If you abstract something, you think about it separate from everything else; you consider it abstractly.
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If you abstract something, you go through the process or abstraction.
approach
Verb
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If you approach something, you move closer to it.
We're now approaching the last bus stop. Please move towards the door.
It's now approaching six o'clock. When you hear the beep, it will be exactly six o'clock.
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If you approach a problem, or a job you try to deal with it.
We've got a difficult situation here, and I'm not sure how to approach it.
approach
Noun
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An approach is a way of doing something.
We need children and adults to take a proactive approach to reducing gun violence.
Most students benefit from a hands-on approach to learning.
He had an innovative approach to solving mechanical problems.
All of those things together provide a balanced approach that will get the economy this moving again.
The president appears to have adopted this new approach.
Research has emphasized a family-based approach to coping with the illness.
Such programs employ a one-on-one approach where parents work with the doctor.
But many economists advocate a far simpler approach.
Private and public schools differ in their approaches to students.
We found a need for additional study before implementing this approach.
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An approach is movement towards something.
And he made a cautious approach to the boat.
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An approach is the road or path that leads to a place.
There were cameras on all approaches to the house.