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abstract

Academic Word List, sublist 6.

About 24.67 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun An abridgement or summary of a longer publication. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. noun Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items. Concentrated essence of a product. A powdered solid extract of a medicinal substance mixed with lactose.
  3. noun Concentrated essence of a product.
  4. noun A powdered solid extract of a medicinal substance mixed with lactose.
  5. noun An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract.
  6. noun The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form.
  7. noun An abstract work of art.
  8. noun A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of title.

Similar words

synopsis technical outline conceptual theoretical ideational notional abstractionist precis ideal

Often followed by

of and the ideas in or concepts from idea

Word family

abstractable abstracted abstracter abstracters abstractest abstracting abstraction abstractions abstractly abstractness

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