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abstract en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈæbˌstɹækt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌæbˈstɹækt/ (General-American)
- /əbˈstɹækt/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
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.
Meanings
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(obsolete) Derived; extracted.
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(archaic) Drawn away; removed from; apart from; separate.
The more abstract we are from the body ... the more fit we shall be to behold divine light.
17th century, John Norris (philosopher), The Oxford Dictionary
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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.
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Not concrete: conceptual, ideal. ▸ Insufficiently factual.
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Not concrete: conceptual, ideal. ▸ Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.
During the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, this commitment brought him into frequent critical confrontation with entrenched forms of conservative thinking (in academic areas from history and social science to the more abstract domains of ethical and political philosophy),[…]
1999, Nicholas Walker, “The Reorientation of Critical Theory: Habermas”, in Simon Glemdinning, editor, The Edinburgh Encyclopedia of Continental Philosophy, Routledge, →ISBN, page 489:
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Not concrete: conceptual, ideal. ▸ As a noun, denoting a concept or intangible as opposed to an object, place, or person.
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Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize.
The politician gave a somewhat abstract answer when asked about their plans to cut spending.
Abstract words such as glory, honour, courage, or hallow were obscene.
1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms:
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Separately expressing a property or attribute of an object that is considered to be inherent to that object: attributive, ascriptive.
A concrete name is a name which stands for a thing; an abstract name which stands for an attribute of a thing...
1843, John Stuart Mill, A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, volume 1, page 34:
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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.
A concrete name is a name which stands for a thing; an abstract name which stands for an attribute of a thing.[…]A practice, however, has grown up in more modern times, which, if not introduced by Locke, has gained currency from his example, of applying the expression "abstract name" to all names which are the result of abstraction and generalization, and consequently to all general names, instead of confining it to the names of attributes.
1843, John Stuart Mill, A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, volume 1, page 34:Given their opposition to innate ideas, philosophers in the empiricist tradition have sought to explain how the rich and multifarious representational capacities that human beings possess derive from experience. A key explanatory strategy in this tradition, tracing back at least as far as John Locke’s An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, is to maintain that the acquisition of many of these capacities can be accounted for by a process of abstraction. In fact, Locke himself claims in the Essay that abstraction is the source of all general ideas (1690/1975, II, xii, §1). Although Berkeley and Hume were highly critical of Locke, abstraction as a source of generality has been a lasting theme in empiricist thought.
2012, Laurence, Stephen and Margolis, Eric, Abstraction and the Origin of General Ideas, Philosophers' Imprint volume 12, no. 19, December 2012
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(archaic) Absent-minded.
Abſtract as in a tranſe methought I ſaw,
abstract, as in a trance
1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, line 1099:White and abstract-looking, he sat and ate his dinner.
1922, D. H. Lawrence, Aaron's Rod:
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(capitalized, often) Pertaining to the formal aspect of art, such as the lines, colors, shapes, and the relationships among them. ▸ Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20ᵗʰ century.
But his design is wonderful. He’s getting more and more abstract every day. He’d given up the third dimension when I was there and was just thinking of giving up the second. Soon, he says, there’ll be just the blank canvas. That’s the logical conclusion. Complete abstraction.
1921, Aldous Huxley, chapter 12, in Crome Yellow, London: Chatto & Windus:
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Pertaining to the formal aspect of art, such as the lines, colors, shapes, and the relationships among them. ▸ Absolute.
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Pertaining to the formal aspect of art, such as the lines, colors, shapes, and the relationships among them. ▸ Lacking a story.
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(of a class, qualifier:object-oriented programming) Being a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects.
Forms
Antonyms
corporeal · corporeal · concrete · discrete · specific · particular · concrete · corporeal · precise · actual · empirical · empirical · empirical · actual · empirical · concrete · practical · applied · actual · concrete · actual · corporeal
Deriveds
autoabstract · abstractize · abstract plane · abstract idea · overabstract · abstract noun · abstract model · typestract · abstract method · superabstract · abstract numbers · abstract expressionist · abstract term · abstract language · abstract algebra · abstract universal · abstract type · abstract factory class · microabstract · abstractly · abstract number · abstract class · abstract art · abstract verb · abstractification · abstract polyhedron · nonabstract · abstractness · abstract expressionism · abstractify · semiabstract · abstract nonsense · abstract data type · abstract terms · abstract harmonic analysis · abstract analytic number theory · reabstract · abstract music · in the abstract · abstract polytope · abstractization · unabstract · abstract publication · abstract factory pattern
Relateds
reify
Synonyms
ideal · nonempirical · imaginary · intangible · general · intangible · ideal · representational · nonspecific · attributive · theoretical · conceptual · theoretical · intangible · intangible · generalized · conceptual · ideal · ideal · generic · nonempirical · abstruse · imaginary · incorporeal · conceptual · nonempirical · theoretical · theoretical · incorporeal · nonempirical · conceptual · imaginary · imaginary · formal · incorporeal · incorporeal · ascriptive
Translations (129)
nb abstrakt (general as opposed to particular) · lt abstraktus (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · gu અમૂર્ત (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · sl abstrakten (art: free from representational qualities) · cs abstraktní (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · nl abstract (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · es abstracto (extracted) · fi erillinen (separate) · ms abstrak (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · bg неразбираем (difficult to understand) · es abstracto (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · ja 抽象的 (art: free from representational qualities) · pt abstrato (art: free from representational qualities) · kk дерексіз (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · et abstraktne (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · fi yleinen (general as opposed to particular) · ru абстра́ктный (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · ast astrautu (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · bg отвлечен (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · pt abstrato (general as opposed to particular) · fr abstrait (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · ar مُجَرَّد (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · nb generell (general as opposed to particular) · pt abstrato (absent in mind) · sv djupsinnig (difficult to understand) · fr abstrait (difficult to understand) · fi poissaoleva (absent in mind) · fi abstrakti (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · eo abstrakta (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · mi tūrehurehu (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · ja 抽象的 (general as opposed to particular) · fr abstrait (art: free from representational qualities) · fi abstrakti (difficult to understand) · fr abstrait (general as opposed to particular) · pl abstrakcyjny (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · it astratto (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · ml അമൂർത്ത (art: free from representational qualities) · nl abstract (art: free from representational qualities) · ar مَعْنَوِيّ (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · bg абстрактен (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · eu abstraktu (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · nl theoretisch (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · ko 추상적 (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · fi uutettu (extracted) · he מופשט (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · se abstrákta (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · nl onttrokken (extracted) · lv grūti saprotams (difficult to understand) · nl afwezig (absent in mind) · yue 抽象 (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · fi abstrakti (art: free from representational qualities) · de abstrakt (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · nl vaag (difficult to understand) · tl basal (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · nb uforståelig (difficult to understand) · pl abstrakcyjny (difficult to understand) · cs odtažitý (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · sa विषयविविक्त (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · fi teoreettinen (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · pt abstrato (separate) · ro abstract (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · nb separat (separate) · ca abstracte (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · sv abstrakt (separate) · fr abstrait (absent in mind) · it teorico (separate) · nl algemeen (general as opposed to particular) · es abstracto (separate) · pt distraído (absent in mind) · pt difícil (difficult to understand) · nb abstrakt (difficult to understand) · sl abstrakten (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · vi trừu tượng (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · sv abstrakt (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · th นาม (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · nan-hbl 抽象 (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · sv teoretisk (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · sv svårfattlig (difficult to understand) · fa انتزاعی (absent in mind) · nl abstract (difficult to understand) · nb distrahert (absent in mind) · ru отвлечённый (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · nb abstrakt (art: free from representational qualities) · el αφηρημένος (art: free from representational qualities) · nb abstrakt (separate) · tr abstre (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · yi אַבסטראַקט (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · uk абстра́ктний (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · pt desatento (absent in mind) · es abstracto (art: free from representational qualities) · nl gescheiden (separate) · lv abstrakts (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · be абстра́ктны (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · mi tūrehurehu (art: free from representational qualities) · ms niskala (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · tr soyut (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · pt abstrato (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · de abstrakt (art: free from representational qualities) · ja 抽象的 (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · fi vaikeaselkoinen (difficult to understand) · eo abstrakta (art: free from representational qualities) · nl verstrooid (absent in mind) · kk абстрактылы (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · pl abstrakcyjny (art: free from representational qualities) · nb abstrakt (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · fr abstrait (separate) · ca abstracte (art: free from representational qualities) · ru абстра́ктный (separate) · hi भाववाचक (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · hy վերացական (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · kk абстрактілі (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · gl abstracto (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · it astruso (difficult to understand) · it teorico (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · ca abstracte (difficult to understand) · ml അമൂർത്ത (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · el αφηρημένος (absent in mind) · ar تَجْرِيدِيّ (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · el θεωρητικός (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · is abstrakt (art: free from representational qualities) · az mücərrəd (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · cmn 抽象 (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · es abstracto (difficult to understand) · hu absztrakt (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · nl afgezonderd (separate) · hy աբստրակտ (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) · el δυσνόητος (difficult to understand) · nl algemeen (difficult to understand) · pt complicado (difficult to understand)
abstract en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈæbˌstɹækt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
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.
Meanings
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An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.
An analysis and abstract of every treatise he had read.
1741, I[saac] Watts, The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to the Art of Logick: […], London: […] James Brackstone, […], →OCLC:
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Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items.
Man, the abstract Of all perfection, which the workmanship Of Heaven hath modeled.
1628, John Ford, The Lover's Melancholy:
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Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items. ▸ Concentrated essence of a product.
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Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items. ▸ A powdered solid extract of a medicinal substance mixed with lactose.
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An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract.
Thus the concrete like has its abstract likeness; the concretes, father and son, have the abstracts, paternity and filiation.
1843, John Stuart Mill, chapter II, in A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, being a Connected View of the Principles of Evidence, and the Methods of Scientific Investigation. […], volume I, London: John W[illiam] Parker, […], →OCLC, page 54:
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The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form.
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An abstract work of art.
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A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of title.
Forms
Deriveds
abstract of title
Descendants
abstrakt
Synonyms
abridgment (statement summarizing the important points of a text) · synopsis (statement summarizing the important points of a text) · epitome (statement summarizing the important points of a text) · compendium (statement summarizing the important points of a text)
Translations (153)
ar مُلَخَّص (an abridgement or summary) · ru конспе́кт (an abridgement or summary) · ja 要約 (an abridgement or summary) · lv abstrakts jēdziens (an abstraction) · nl abstractie (an abstraction) · nb resymé (an abridgement or summary) · sh sažétak (an abridgement or summary) · mi toi tūrehurehu (an abstract work of art) · ja 抽出 (an extract of a vegetable substance) · it astratto (that which is abstract) · cs výtah (an abridgement or summary) · sv referat (an abridgement or summary) · mr सारांश (an abridgement or summary) · nb abstraksjon (an abstract work of art) · ja 抽象的 (that which is abstract) · lo ບົດຄັດຫຍໍ້ (an abridgement or summary) · pl abstrakt (an abstraction) · bg резюме́ (an abridgement or summary) · sh èkstrakt (an extract of a vegetable substance) · sv utdrag (an abridgement or summary) · nb abstraksjon (an abstraction) · fi abstraktio (an abstraction) · mi whakarāpopoto (an abridgement or summary) · pt sumário (an abridgement or summary) · fi käsite (an abstraction) · ca abstracció (an abstraction) · ro esență (something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else) · bg абстра́кция (an abstract work of art) · ro concentrat (something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else) · nb oppsummering (an abridgement or summary) · gl obra abstracta (an abstract work of art) · mr अमूर्त (an abstraction) · sv sammanfattning (an abridgement or summary) · cs shrnutí (an abridgement or summary) · hi निचोड (something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else) · mr अमूर्त (an abstract work of art) · nb abstraksjon (that which is abstract) · gl resumo (an abridgement or summary) · pt abstração (an abstraction) · it estratto (an abridgement or summary) · nb abstrakt (an abridgement or summary) · nb sammendrag (an abridgement or summary) · ru экстра́кт (an extract of a vegetable substance) · sv sammandrag (an abridgement or summary) · nb sammenfatning (something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else) · pt abstração (that which is abstract) · id abstrak (an abstract work of art) · ro abstracție (an abstract work of art) · ja 概要 (an abridgement or summary) · es extracto (an extract of a vegetable substance) · pl abstrakt (an abridgement or summary) · da resume (an abridgement or summary) · pt abstração (an abstract work of art) · cmn 摘要 (an abridgement or summary) · hi अमूर्त (that which is abstract) · el απόσταγμα (an extract of a vegetable substance) · gl abstracción (an abstraction) · sv abstrakt (an abstract work of art) · kk реферат (an abridgement or summary) · de Auszug (an abridgement or summary) · hi अमूर्त (an abstraction) · sv abstrakt (an abridgement or summary) · ca extracte (an abridgement or summary) · nl abstract kunstwerk (an abstract work of art) · ro conspect (an abridgement or summary) · ja 抽象 (an abstraction) · pl streszczenie (an abridgement or summary) · ru сино́псис (an abridgement or summary) · sv abstrakt (that which is abstract) · ca resum (an abridgement or summary) · nl essentie (something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else) · el εκχύλισμα (an extract of a vegetable substance) · nl abstracte term (an abstraction) · nb ekstrakt (an abridgement or summary) · bg абстра́кция (an abstraction) · it riassunto (an abridgement or summary) · ro rezumat (an abridgement or summary) · pl abstrakcja (an abstract work of art) · nb ekstrakt (an extract of a vegetable substance) · nl samenvatting (an abridgement or summary) · fi käsite (that which is abstract) · ja 抽象派の (an abstract work of art) · id ikhtisar (an abridgement or summary) · id sari (something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else) · it compendio (an abridgement or summary) · fi tiivistelmä (an abridgement or summary) · mr गोषवारा (an abridgement or summary) · lv kopsavilkums (an abridgement or summary) · pl podsumowanie (an abridgement or summary) · cs výtažek (an extract of a vegetable substance) · pt extrato (an extract of a vegetable substance) · es extracto (an abridgement or summary) · sh саже́так (an abridgement or summary) · eo resumo (an abridgement or summary) · fi abstrakti teos (an abstract work of art) · ca xifra (something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else) · ga achomaireacht (an abridgement or summary) · eo abstraktaĵo (that which is abstract) · lv abstrakcija (an abstraction) · nl abstract begrip (an abstraction) · hi सारांश (an abridgement or summary) · sh апстра̀кција (an abstraction) · ro extract (an extract of a vegetable substance) · nl korte inhoud (an abridgement or summary) · sh ѐкстракт (an extract of a vegetable substance) · nb referat (an abridgement or summary) · nl resumé (an abridgement or summary) · es abstracción (an abstraction) · el αφηρημένη τέχνη (an abstract work of art) · pl abstrakcja (an abstraction) · ru абстра́кция (an abstraction) · ru рефера́т (an abridgement or summary) · nl uittreksel (an extract of a vegetable substance) · th บทคัดย่อ (an abridgement or summary) · mr अमूर्त (that which is abstract) · tr özetçe (an abridgement or summary) · fr résumé (an abridgement or summary) · ro extras (an abridgement or summary) · id abstrak (an abridgement or summary) · sw ikisiri (an abridgement or summary) · ar حاصِل (an abridgement or summary) · fa انتزاع (an abstraction) · el σύνοψη (an abridgement or summary) · es arte abstracto (an abstract work of art) · da abstrakt (an abridgement or summary) · bg авторефера́т (an abridgement or summary) · hi अमूर्त (an abstract work of art) · fi aineellistuma (something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else) · id abstrak (something that concentrates in itself the qualities of something else) · hi निचोड (an extract of a vegetable substance) · lv rezumējums (an abridgement or summary) · et kokkuvõte (an abridgement or summary) · nl abstract iets (that which is abstract) · ga coimriú (an abridgement or summary) · pt resumo (an abridgement or summary) · hi निचोड (an abridgement or summary) · bg абстра́кт (an abridgement or summary) · nl abstract begrip (that which is abstract) · it astrazione (an abstraction) · de Zusammenfassung (an abridgement or summary) · ro abstracție (an abstraction) · mr सत्त्व (an extract of a vegetable substance) · es resumen (an abridgement or summary) · el επιτομή (an abridgement or summary) · fi uute (an extract of a vegetable substance) · nb utdrag (an abridgement or summary) · pl abstrakcja (that which is abstract) · el περίληψη (an abridgement or summary) · el αφαίρεση (an abstraction) · it sunto (an abridgement or summary) · bg отвлечено понятие (an abstraction) · bg екстра́кт (an extract of a vegetable substance) · sh apstràkcija (an abstraction)
abstract en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /əbˈstɹækt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈæbˌstɹækt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌæbˈstɹækt/ (General-American)
- /əbˈstɹækt/ (General-American)
- /ˌæbˈstɹækt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
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.
Meanings
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(transitive) To separate; to disengage.
He was incapable of forming any opinion or resolution abstracted from his own prejudices.
1822, [Walter Scott], Peveril of the Peak. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:
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(transitive) To separate; to disengage. ▸ To remove; to take away; withdraw.
The lightning of the public burdens, which at present abstract a large proportion of profits and wages.
1834, Harriet Martineau, Illustration of Political Economy, volume IX:
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(euphemistic, transitive) To separate; to disengage. ▸ To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.
The inlaid characters in diamond, and other precious stones, have been all abstracted away by the pelf-loving Jaut and Mahratta—leaving the walls defaced with the hollow marks of the chisel.
1869, Bholanauth Chunder, The Travels of a Hindoo to Various Parts of Bengal and Upper India:Von Rosen had quietly abstracted the bearing-reins from the harness.
1872, William Black, The Strange Adventures of a Phaeton:Section 13 of the 1968 Act enacts a separate offence of dishonestly abstracting electricity. The separate offence is needed because electricity, like other forms of energy such as heat, is not property.
2014, A P Simester, J R Spencer, G R Sullivan, Simester and Sullivan's Criminal Law: Theory and Doctrine:
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(obsolete, transitive) To separate; to disengage. ▸ To extract by means of distillation.
Poison from roses who could e'er abstract?
1601, John Marston, Antonio's Revenge, act II, scene I:
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(transitive) To separate; to disengage. ▸ To draw off (interest or attention).
He was wholly abstracted by other objects.
The young stranger had been abstracted and silent.
June 1869, William Blackwood, Late for the Train (published in Blackwood's Magazine)
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(figuratively, intransitive, literally, reflexive, transitive) To separate; to disengage. ▸ To withdraw oneself; to retire.
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(transitive) To separate; to disengage. ▸ To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality.
To abstract the notions of time, of space, and of matter.
1781, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume II:
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(transitive) To separate; to disengage. ▸ To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality. ▸ To conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute, as follows: by apprehending an attribute inherent to one individual, then separating that attribute and contemplating it by itself, then conceiving of that attribute as a general quality, then despecifying that conceived quality with respect to several or many individuals, and by then ideating a group composed of those individuals perceived to possess said quality.
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(intransitive, rare, transitive) To separate; to disengage. ▸ To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality. ▸ To perform the process of abstraction.
I own myself able to abstract in one sense.
1710, George Berkeley, A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge:
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(intransitive, qualifier:fine arts, transitive) To separate; to disengage. ▸ To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality. ▸ To create abstractions.
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(intransitive, transitive) To separate; to disengage. ▸ To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality. ▸ To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with “out”.
He abstracted out the square root function.
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(transitive) To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.
Forms
Deriveds
abstract away from · abstractable · abstracter · abstracted · abstractor
Relateds
abstraction · abstractum · abstractive
Synonyms
remove (to remove, separate, take away, or withdraw) · filch (to filch, purloin, or steal) · summarize (to abridge, epitomize, or summarize) · abridge (to abridge, epitomize, or summarize) · steal (to filch, purloin, or steal) · withdraw (to remove, separate, take away, or withdraw) · purloin (to filch, purloin, or steal) · epitomize (to abridge, epitomize, or summarize) · take away (to remove, separate, take away, or withdraw) · separate (to remove, separate, take away, or withdraw)
Translations (136)
pt sumariar (to abridge, epitomize, or summarize) · nl abstraheren (to create an artistic abstraction of) · it sottrarre (to separate; to disengage) · hi अमूर्तरूपसे लेना (to consider abstractly) · el αποσύρω (to remove; to take away; to withdraw) · ru абстраги́ровать (to perform the process of abstraction) · sv skilja ut (to separate; to disengage) · fi erottaa (to separate; to disengage) · lv nošķirt (to separate; to disengage) · pt abstrair (to draw off) · el αφαιρούμαι (to draw off) · fr abstraire (to separate; to disengage) · nb separere (to separate; to disengage) · pt retirar (to separate; to disengage) · el συνοψίζω (to abridge, epitomize, or summarize) · bg отвличам (to draw off) · ja 取る (to separate; to disengage) · es retirar (to separate; to disengage) · nb oppsummere (to abridge, epitomize, or summarize) · pl wyabstrahować (to perform the process of abstraction) · pt abstrair (to consider abstractly) · sv sno (to steal) · nb stjele (to steal) · es resumir (to abridge, epitomize, or summarize) · fi vetäytyä (to withdraw oneself) · hi अलग करना (to separate; to disengage) · sv nalla (to steal) · fr distiller (to extract by means of distillation) · bg отмъквам (to steal) · nb rane (to steal) · fa انتزاعیدن (to consider abstractly) · bg изваждам (to remove; to take away; to withdraw) · fi tuumia (to consider abstractly) · hi निकाल देना (to separate; to disengage) · fi poistaa (to steal) · pt abstrair (to create an artistic abstraction of) · pl odciągać (to remove; to take away; to withdraw) · el υπεξαιρώ (to steal) · fi vetää (to remove; to take away; to withdraw) · sv göra sammandrag av (to abridge, epitomize, or summarize) · es abstraer (to consider abstractly) · mr सारांश करणे (to abridge, epitomize, or summarize) · nl onttrekken (to extract by means of distillation) · fi abstrahoida (to create an artistic abstraction of) · pt roubar (to steal) · nb abstrahere (to create an artistic abstraction of) · fr abstraire (to abridge, epitomize, or summarize) · id mengabstrakkan (to separate; to disengage) · fi tiivistää (to abridge, epitomize, or summarize) · lv nočiept (to steal) · pl odciągać (to extract by means of distillation) · fr se retirer (to withdraw oneself) · nl terugtrekken (to remove; to take away; to withdraw) · nb fjerne (to remove; to take away; to withdraw) · fi eristää (to separate; to disengage) · nb abstrahere (to perform the process of abstraction) · sv skilja av (to separate; to disengage) · it astrarre (to perform the process of abstraction) · nb fundere (to consider abstractly) · nb tæsje (to steal) · it estrarre (to separate; to disengage) · pl odciągnąć (to extract by means of distillation) · de abstrahieren (to consider abstractly) · nb utta (to remove; to take away; to withdraw) · nl afzonderen (to separate; to disengage) · pl odciągać (to draw off) · el αφαιρώ (to remove; to take away; to withdraw) · bg отделям (to separate; to disengage) · eo abstrakti (to consider abstractly) · id mengabstrakkan (to perform the process of abstraction) · nb filosofere (to consider abstractly) · es quitar (to remove; to take away; to withdraw) · nl ontvreemden (to steal) · sv stjäla (to steal) · nl abstraheren (to consider abstractly) · el διαχωρίζω (to separate; to disengage) · it sottrarre (to steal) · sv ta bort (to separate; to disengage) · pl odciągnąć (to remove; to take away; to withdraw) · el αποστάζω (to extract by means of distillation) · de entziehen (to remove; to take away; to withdraw) · sv knycka (to steal) · hi अमूर्तिकरन करना (to perform the process of abstraction) · sv abstrahera (to separate; to disengage) · hi सारांश करना (to abridge, epitomize, or summarize) · id mengabstrakkan (to consider abstractly) · nb spekulere (to consider abstractly) · pl odciągnąć (to separate; to disengage) · sv sammanfatta (to abridge, epitomize, or summarize) · nl zich terugtrekken (to withdraw oneself) · es abstraer (to separate; to disengage) · nl samenvatten (to abridge, epitomize, or summarize) · mr अमूर्तपणे घेणे (to consider abstractly) · bg отнемам (to separate; to disengage) · es retirar (to remove; to take away; to withdraw) · nb destillere (to extract by means of distillation) · qu llulmiy (to separate; to disengage) · pl odciągnąć (to draw off) · es abstraerse (to withdraw oneself) · nb fjerne seg (to withdraw oneself) · nb røve (to steal) · pt retirar (to remove; to take away; to withdraw) · fi viedä huomio (to draw off) · fi uuttaa (to extract by means of distillation) · lv nozagt (to steal) · mr अमूर्त कलाकृती करणे (to create an artistic abstraction of) · pt abstrair (to perform the process of abstraction) · hy աբստրահել (to consider abstractly) · pt resumir (to abridge, epitomize, or summarize) · it riassumere (to abridge, epitomize, or summarize) · mr काढून टाकणे (to separate; to disengage) · nb tjuve (to steal) · pt destilar (to extract by means of distillation) · hi पिछे आना (to remove; to take away; to withdraw) · fi puhaltaa (to steal) · mr अमूर्तिकरण करणे (to perform the process of abstraction) · sv abstrahera (to perform the process of abstraction) · hu absztrahál (to consider abstractly) · mr वेगळे करणे (to separate; to disengage) · it rimuovere (to separate; to disengage) · pl odciągać (to separate; to disengage) · nl abstraheren (to perform the process of abstraction) · mr मागे येणे (to remove; to take away; to withdraw) · id mengabstrakkan (to abridge, epitomize, or summarize) · nb naske (to steal) · fi abstrahoida (to perform the process of abstraction) · el κλέβω (to steal) · lv atšķirt (to separate; to disengage) · pt tirar (to remove; to take away; to withdraw) · nl afleiden (to draw off) · el αποσπώ (to separate; to disengage) · pl abstrahować (to perform the process of abstraction) · de trennen (to separate; to disengage) · hi अमूर्त कलाकृती करना (to create an artistic abstraction of) · yi אַבסטראַהירן (to consider abstractly) · pt abstrair (to separate; to disengage)