0 existing as an idea, feeling, or quality, not as a material object:
1 used to refer to a type of painting, drawing, or sculpture that uses shapes, lines, and colour in a way that does not try to represent the appearance of people or things:
2 a short form of a speech, article, book, etc., giving only the most important facts or ideas:
3 a painting that uses shapes, lines, and colour in a way that does not try to represent the appearance of people or things
4 existing as an idea, feeling, or quality, not as a material object:
5 a few sentences that give the main ideas in an article or a scientific paper
6 existing as an idea, feeling, or quality, not as a material object:
7 a shortened form of a speech, article, book, etc., giving the most important facts or ideas:
It is sometimes easier to illustrate an abstract concept by analogy with something concrete.
He is good at explaining quite complex, abstract ideas in a nice simple way.
Your idea is rather vague and abstract - could you explain it in a bit more detail, please?
These early humans were clearly capable of abstract thought, and probably language too.
Some of these new theories are so abstract that they don't seem to relate to our everyday work at all.
Each four-part volume contains around 700 abstracts reporting research in some 200 jour nals from around the world.
Function is a source of knowledge that abstracts behavior.
The editors are happy to consider advice on additional journals for abstracting.
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