abstracted

abstracted /æb'stræktid/
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abstracted

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    adj.

  • taken out of or separated from; "possibility is...achievability, abstracted from achievement"- A.N.Whitehead; removed
  • lost in thought; showing preoccupation; absent, absentminded, scatty

    an absent stare

    an absentminded professor

    the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence

    n.

  • a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; abstraction

    he loved her only in the abstract--not in person

  • a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory; outline, synopsis, precis

    v.

  • consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically
  • make off with belongings of others; pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
  • consider apart from a particular case or instance

    Let's abstract away from this particular example

  • give an abstract (of)

    adj.

  • existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment

    abstract words like `truth' and `justice'

  • not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature; abstractionist, nonfigurative, nonobjective

    a large abstract painting

  • dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention

    abstract reasoning

    abstract science

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: absent absentminded removed scattyabstracts|abstracted|abstracting
syn.: difficult remove take away