How to pronounce "abstract" (Dutch)
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Meanings and definitions of "abstract"
- Noun
a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"
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consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically
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consider apart from a particular case or instance; "Let's abstract away from this particular example"
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existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment; "abstract words like `truth' and `justice'"
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not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature; "a large abstract painting"
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dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention; "abstract reasoning"; "abstract science"
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