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abstract Adjective

— 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. — If something is abstract, it is general. — 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. — If something is abstract, it is not practical or realistic; it is not concrete; it is theoretical; it is vague. — If something is abstract, it does not have all of the facts; it is not factual.

abstract Noun

— 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. — An abstract is an abstraction; it is an abstract word. — An abstract is a piece of art that is made in the abstract fashion of art. — An abstract is a powdered solid extract of a vegetable that is then mixed with the sugar of milk.

abstract Verb

— If you abstract something, you summarize it; you abridge it. — If you abstract something, you separate it; you remove it. — If you abstract something, you withdraw it. — If you abstract something, you make abstractions of it in art. — If you abstract something, you take it away from someone without permission; you steal it. — If you abstract something, you think about it separate from everything else; you consider it abstractly. — If you abstract something, you go through the process or abstraction.

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Simple sentences

To him, hunger was an abstract concept; he always had enough to eat.

The theory is too abstract for me.

The new theory is too abstract for ordinary people.

I have difficulty understanding abstract modern art, especially Mondrian.

Goodness is abstract, a kind act is concrete.

Abstract art is something to feel.

Some abstract art is difficult to understand.

His idea is too abstract to be of practical use to us.

I made an abstract of a book.

Money is human happiness in the abstract: he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes his heart entirely to money.

For him, hunger was an abstract concept. He had always had enough food.

This description is too abstract.

Your explanation is too abstract to me.

Benevolence is abstract, a good deed is concrete.

I didn't read the paper, but I read the abstract.

What do you prefer, abstract or figurative painting?

Young children are incapable of abstract thinking.